Abstract:
Work-Life balance and turnover intentions are critical issues for employers and human
resource managers. This is because of how crucial work and family are to employees and how
significantly employees stand out as valuable assets for an organization's competitive advantage.
This study examined the influence of work-life balance on turnover intentions of librarians in
universities and recommended strategies for improving librarians' work-life balance and
reducing librarians' turnover intentions in academic libraries. The survey research design was
adopted in this study. The study's population consisted of four hundred and twelve (412)
academic librarians in universities in South-west, Nigeria. Taro Yamane's sample size
determination formula and multi-staged sampling technique were used to determine and
select a sample size of two hundred and three (203) librarians for the study. For data
collection, a validated structured questionnaire was distributed with a 98.5% response
rate. The findings of the study revealed that the level of turnover intentions among librarians
in universities in South-west Nigeria is high (x̅= 3.43, SD= 1.10) on a 5-point scale. Librarians
experience work-life balance to some extent (x̅= 3.39, SD 1.13) and work-life balance has a
significant influence on turnover intentions of librarians in universities in South-West,
Nigeria (F (2, 197) = 187.005, Adj. R2= 0.447, P≤ 0.05). The study concluded that work-life
balance is a contributory factor to librarians’ intention to leave their jobs in universities in
South-west, Nigeria. The study recommended that library administrators and university
management adopt policies to improve the work-life balance and job satisfaction of librarians
to mitigate turnover intentions.
