Influence of gender and leadership style on career commitment and job performance of subordinates

This study investigated the influence of gender of supervisors and leadership style on career commitment and job performance of subordinates. The participants used in this study are 140 employees working in two breweries in Edo State. Sixty –seven (67) of the respondents were directly working under female supervisors while seventy - three (73) were working under male supervisors. The instrument used was a questionnaire with already validated items. The independent variables are gender and leadership styles, while the dependent variables are career commitment and job performance. A 2-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), was used to analyse the data collected. All the hypotheses were supported in the predicted direction, as shown, males who work under democraticfemale leaders had higher mean score on job performance than females working under autocratic female leaders (28.37 vs 18.24). Males who work under autocratic female leaders had a higher mean score on career commitment than females working under democratic female leaders (41.34 vs 34.12). In the light of these findings, the researchers recommended that management in various organizations should provide suitable conditions for the growth and development of the organization. Also, organizational members should learn to put off gender biases and concentrate on effectiveness and productivity

Psychoactive substance intake and gender on crime

This study investigated the influence of psychoactive substance (alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine) intake and gender on crime. Three hundred and eighty participants (380) were randomly selected from inmates as models of prisons in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The participants comprised 314males (82.63%) and 66 females (17.37%) with the mean age of 28.3 years. The design of the study was a survey. In this study four hypotheses were predicted. The first hypothesis indicates that there was a statistically significant influence of alcohol intake on crime committed among prisoners, X2 (df=4, N = 380) = 29.51, p<0.01. The result of the second hypothesis indicates that there was also a significant influence of marijuana intake on crimes committed among prisoners, X2 (4, N = 380) = 38.1, p<0.01. Hypothesis three indicates that Cocaine intake does not significantly influence crime committed among prisoners, X2 (4, N = 380) = 12.32, ns. While the result of hypothesis four indicates there was nosignificant difference in crimes committed among male and female prisoners, X2 (2, N = 380) = 0.12, ns. The findings of the present study were discussed in the context of previous studies. The policy implications of the findings in this study were also discussed

The influence of personality characteristics and gender on organizational citizenship behaviour

This study investigated the influence of personality characteristics and gender on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB). One hundred and fifty (150) respondents comprising eighty (80) males and seventy (70) females were randomly drawn from the Ministries of Finance, Health, Lands and Survey; State Government Secretariat, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Their age range was between 20 and 50 years. The respondents were administered with a set of questionnaires comprising two sections (A & B). Section A was the (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire- Adult (EPQ). This section also asked respondents about information relating to their age and gender. Section B was the Organizational Citizenship Behaviour Scale. The independent variables of interest were personality characteristics (introversion vs extroversion) and gender (males vs females). Two hypotheses were tested in the study. The first hypothesis predicting a significant difference between introverts and extroverts on organizationalcitizenship behaviour was confirmed,[F(146) = 20.04, p< .05]. However the second hypothesis which stated that there would be a significant difference between males and females on organizational citizenship behaviour was not significant,[F(146) = 3.22, p>.05] .It was however recommended among other things that organizations should create policies and strategies that facilitate organizational citizen behaviour

Psychoactive substance intake and gender on crime

This study investigated the influence of psychoactive substance (alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine) intake and gender on crime. Three hundred and eighty participants (380) were randomly selected from inmates as models of prisons in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The participants comprised 314 males (82.63%) and 66 females (17.37%) with the mean age of 28.3 years. The design of the study was a survey. In this study four hypotheses were predicted. The first hypothesis indicates that there was a statistically significant influence of alcohol intake on crime committed among prisoners, X2 (df=4, N = 380) = 29.51,

The influence of dwelling place and self efficacy on career decision-making

This study investigated the influence of dwelling place and self-efficacy on career decisionmaking. One hundred and seventy –five (175) participants were randomly selected from a population of remedial students in the University of Uyo. In this study dwelling place had two levels (rural vs urban) while self – efficacy also had two levels (high vs low). The design used was a 2 x 2 factorial design, while a 2- Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for unequal sample size using the harmonic mean was used to analyse the data obtained in this study. Results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between rural and urban participants. However, there was a statistically significant difference between the participants who had high and low self- efficacy F(1,171)= 9.02, p< 0.05. Results were discussed in context relating to theories and previous findings on career decision making. The findings of the present study, point to the need to educate the masses on the steps to make career decisions