Abstract:
This paper is on staff development and training on turnover pattern and retention in public
and private academic libraries of Ethiopian Universities. Cross-sectional and document
analysis research methods were employed. Sampling techniques was cluster, purposive and
proportional; with particular reference to quota sampling in the case of the sample sizes of
both concerned 7 universities as well as 315 participants. Data collections were through
questionnaires and document analysis, while descriptive and inferential statistics were used.
The results showed that staff development and training policy exist in the academic libraries
of Ethiopian universities but do not differ significantly among the public and private
academic libraries in the country. Participants agreed and strongly agreed that lack of career
staff development and lack of staff training for library staff respectively could influence
turnover pattern and retention of staff in the academic. But ANOVA test was statistically
significant among the public and private Ethiopian universities at F = 2.771 and p = .019;
with a Post-hoc Scheffes test mean difference of MD =1.899*, p = 0.041 less than the pvalue of 0.05.
