Title: Institutional Support and Job Satisfaction of Employees in Federal University Libraries in North-East Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria
Author(s): Musa Yila Umar, Ogunbote Kehinde Olubunmi
Publication Year: 2021; Volume 16, Issue 3, pages 188-199

The study focused on institutional support and job satisfaction of library employees in federal universities in North-east Nigeria. The research adopted a descriptive survey research design and the population for the study is the 314 library employees of federal universities in North-east Nigeria. A total enumeration technique was used to cover three hundred and fourteen (314) employees. Inferential analysis was used to determine the characteristics and descriptions of respondent for each variable indicator and hypothesis using linear regression. The results showed that institutional support of public universities have provided job satisfaction of library employees in North-east, Nigeria (R = 0.748, R2 = 0.560), F (indicated df) = 387.021 Sig. = 0.000). The study concludes that institutional support for job satisfaction of library employees is inevitable. It is recommended that university management in charge of that institutional support in North-east, Nigeria universities should put more effort in ensuring job satisfaction of library employees in North-east, Nigeria.