Psychological Contract and Organizational Commitment amongst Academic Staff in Nigerian Private Universities

The study investigated the relationship between psychological contract PC and organizational commitment OC in selected private universities in Nigeria The study took four dimensions of psychological contract transitional orientation relational orientation the perceived balance of obligations and stage of development of the contract with three measures of organizational commitment affective normative and continuance whereby five private universities Obong University Arthur Javis University Rhema University Gregory university and Ritman University were studied The quasi-experimental design used for the study with a population of four hundred and seventy-seven 477 with a sample size of 218 was determined using the Taro Yamane s formula A well-structured questionnaire was adopted as the tool for sampling in the field to obtain data using the simple random sampling method In testing the hypothesis the Spearman rank-order correlations coefficient rho was the statistical instrument used to test the relationship between dependent and independent variable

An Empirical Analysis of Agricultural Production: The Sway of Economic Growth in Nigeria

The study examined the impact of agricultural output on economic growth in Nigeria from 1985 to 2015 The econometrics methods of Ordinary Least Squares Cointegration and Granger causality test were employed as the main analytical techniques The Co-integration results revealed that there exists a long-run relationship between the variables The short run regression result revealed that Commercial Banks credit to the agricultural sector and the interest rate has a significant relationship with economic growth in Nigeria during the period of study While agricultural output has no significant relationship with economic growth in Nigeria during the studied period The study therefore concluded that suitable or effective agricultural output enhancement policy should be put in place by the government There should be appropriate interest rate policies that would bring about the stability of the economy and economic growth Without agricultural produce to keep the people alive as well as lubricating our machines with agricultural oil there can be no growth Everything is sustained by agriculture and without it there shall be no true living Also conscious efforts should be made by the monetary authorities with the emphasis on funding agriculture in order to increase economic growth in Nigeria This can be achieved if the government avoids mismanagement and diversifies the econom