Correlational Analysis of Technostress and Job Productivity of Library Staff in Selected Academic Libraries in Kwara State

Abstract

This study investigated correlational analysis of technostress and job productivity of library staff in selected academic libraries in Kwara State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted and a sample of 53 library staff were selected from Kwara State University Library, Al-hikmah University Library and Crownhill University Library by using total enumeration sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was designed to obtain information from 53 participants, 51 were returned and fully completed. While PPMC was employed to test the study's only null hypothesis, frequency counts and percentages were utilized to examine the data gathered for the five research topics. The survey indicated that the respondent had a high degree of job productivity. The study also found that majority of the respondents experience eye pain; backaches; headaches; blurred vision; and tiredness as the technostress symptoms while poor working conditions, work overload, lack of technical support, lack of technological competence and expertise, and technophobia are some of the causes of technostress to the respondents. The result further revealed that technostress affects job productivity of the respondents to some extent while technology-based training; getting adequate user-friendly software; staying healthy and eating proper dieting; effective time management; and taking frequent break are some of the ways of managing technostress by the respondents. The outcome also indicated a strong correlation between technological stress and the library staff's ability to do their jobs effectively. The study recommends that the management should organize technology-based training on the use of computer system, software and hardware for their staff which will help them to be more conversant with the use of the adopted ICTs which will make them less predisposed to experience technostress; and they should get adequate user-friendly software which will be easy for the staff to use without stressing themselves before completing a certain task.