Purpose-This study sought to examine the influence of the authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and the uninvolved parenting styles on the reading attitudes of students. Design/Methodology/Approach-The study confined its scope to 4,987 Senior Secondary One (SS1) students of public secondary schools in Awka. 499 (10%) of the students were sampled through proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire designed by the researchers titled-Parenting Style Influence on Students' Reading Attitude Questionnaire (PSISRAQ); which contains 53 items. The descriptive survey research design was used as research method, while the secondary school students were stratified based on their local governments; for a comprehensive analysis of the study. Findings-The findings of the study among others reveals that the students' attitude toward reading in secondary schools is positive and highly encouragingand that the authoritative parenting style, more than any other, aids in ensuring healthy reading development. Also, children of the authoritarian parents are always criticized by their parents whenever they fail to impress them in their reading life. They take their parents' words as the only consideration and final decision in matters concerning reading. Hence, it is agreed that the authoritarian parenting style has a low and discouraging influence on the students' attitude to reading. Furthermore, it is agreed that the permissive parenting style has a moderate and encouraging influence on the students reading attitudes only if the child is naturally good in reading, while the uninvolved parenting style has a low and discouraging influence on the students' attitude to reading. Originality/value-Research studies focusing on the influence of the authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and the uninvolved parenting styles on the reading attitudes of students in Nigeria, are rare. Furthermore, while parents, librarians, educational institutions and stake holders may not be aware that their various parenting styles which fall into authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved styles, have distinguished impacts in determining their children's attitude towards reading; it is imperative as this study reveals its indicting consequences.
This study examined interpersonal skills as correlate of career development of librarians in academic libraries in South - South, Nigeria. Correlational survey design was adopted to conduct the study. The population of the study is 301 comprising of librarians in south-south, Nigeria. There was no sampling. Questionnaire was used as the method of data collection Data collected were analyzed using inferential statistics. For the research questions, analysis was done using Pearson Product Moment correlational coefficient (PPMC) and point biserial correlation coefficient (r) while multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The study revealed among others that; There is a high positive relationship between interpersonal skills of librarians and their career development in academic libraries, and there exist a significant relationship between interpersonal skills of librarians and their career development in academic libraries and it revealed low negative relationship between work experience of librarians and their career development in academic libraries and there is a significant relationship between work experience of librarians and their career development in academic libraries. High possessions of interpersonal skills increase librarian’s career development significantly in academic libraries in South-South Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others; that library management should engage librarians in a lot of interpersonal skills and communication in the course of their job, the university management should train librarians while on the job, and their skills need to be updated through training and development program, orientation, induction, inventory, conferences, workshop and seminars in order to enhance their interpersonal skills and research.
This study examined the staff training and development programmes in academic libraries in Imo State, Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for the study. All academic librarians in five institutions of higher learning in the state, comprising 81 academic librarians were investigated. Structured Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Data generated were analyzed using percentage, frequency and arithmetic mean rating. Findings of this study showed that there are available training and development programmes in academic libraries in Imo state to a high extent; library needs, institutions objectives, librarians request/staff need are the criteria used to select librarians to attend staff training and development programmes. Challenges of staff training and development programmes in the academic libraries according to the study include: poor funding, and lack of management policy on training and development programmes. The study concluded that there should be continuous educational and professional programmes for librarians to update their knowledge on new technology, and adequate infrastructural facilities should be provided in academic libraries to enable librarians practice what they learnt
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