The Nexus between Laissez-faire Leadership Style and Work Performance of Librarians
Enite, A. U. O.; Ufouma, E. (2025).
Journal of Library and Information Management, Technology & Education , 2 (1), 47-58.
ABSTRACT

Background: It is a believed that leadership philosophies in an organization to a large extent affect the organization in terms of performance measurement. The study focused on Laissez-faire leadership style and Work Performances of librarians. To guild the study, two (2) research questions were posed, and a null hypothesis was also observed at a 0.5 level of significance.

Method The study adopted a correlational research design. A total of ninety-eight (98) librarians in six Federal universities spread across six states in South- South geo-political zone of Nigeria was used. No sampling was done because the population was small enough to be managed by the researcher. The researcher-created "Laissez-faire Leadership Styles as correlate of work Performance Questionnaire" (LLSQ) as the tool for data collection which was face- validated by three research experts. The Cronbach Alpha Coefficient got a reliability score of 0.92 for the instrument. Regression analysis was used to test the null hypothesis that matched the data collected through the questionnaire and to analyse the results using linear regression.

Findings/results: The study's findings indicate that laissez-faire of leadership style does not impact positively on the work performance of librarians.

Implications: It has been sufficiently proven by this study that laissez-faire leadership style is a weak style of leadership that does not induce high job performance. Therefore, the researchers’ advice against the use of laissez-faire leadership style if leaders want to induce high job performance in their staff.  

Conclusion/recommendations: As revealed in the study, heads of libraries and librarians as management staff of the library should be cautious in the use of laissez-faire leadership style if need be. This is because it is not very productive in terms of work performance

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Enite, A. U. O.; Ufouma, E. (2025). The Nexus between Laissez-faire Leadership Style and Work Performance of Librarians . Journal of Library and Information Management, Technology & Education , 2(1), 47-58. https://www.jolimate.com/unimaidlis/published/871906679.pdf

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Enite, A. U. O.; Ufouma, E. (2025). The Nexus between Laissez-faire Leadership Style and Work Performance of Librarians . Journal of Library and Information Management, Technology & Education , 2(1),47-58. https://www.jolimate.com/unimaidlis/published/871906679.pdf

Enite A. Urhefe- Okotie;Ufouma Eruvwe. "The Nexus between Laissez-faire Leadership Style and Work Performance of Librarians ". Journal of Library and Information Management, Technology & Education , Vol. 2 No. 1,2025. pp. 47-58. https://www.jolimate.com/unimaidlis/published/871906679.pdf


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