Staff motivation as a correlate of job performance

Every organization such as the library is established to achieve certain set goals. An organization is effective to the degree to which it achieves its goals. Dada (2008) posits that an effective organization ensures that there is the spirit of cooperation and a sense of commitment and satisfaction within the sphere of its activities. Consequently, in order to promote staff commitment and productivity in academic libraries, there is need for adopting motivational techniques such as conducive working environment, effective communication channels, staff development, regular promotions and functional financial incentives amongst others which presumably provides the propensity for effective performance (Amune, 2014; Abonam,2011).