Impacts of Societal Prejudice on Attainment of Life/Personal Goals of Physically Challenged Persons in Nigeria.

Physically challenged persons seem not to have found enough help from the society in underdeveloped countries. Hence, they are confronted with social constraints, which have not been given adequate attention in the literature. This study is a reaction to this problem in Nigeria. It examines reasons why the society stigmatizes physically challenged individuals, instead of helping them. Drawing on the opinions of respondents from Lagos Island and Friends of Ours Disabled Institute (FODI), Lagos, this paper reported ten reasons why the government fails to implement the UN decisions on disabled persons, in spite of the fact that Nigeria was one of the original eighty signatories to the adoption of these decisions. Relying on the data from a survey of 825 respondents, the study attempted to discover if any significant relationship exists between the societal perception of physically challenged persons and their attainment of life/personal goals. Our findings have sociological, psychological, emotional and economical implications for physically challenged persons in underdeveloped societies

Understanding the Escalation of Brain Drain in Nigeria From Poor Leadership Point of View

Migration of people from one place to another in countries of the world in search of better conditions of living predates history. It ignited western societies’ contact with Africa and the rest of the world. Prior the contact, agriculture was the main stay of Africa’s economy. Thus, the movement of farmers from one location to another in search of fertile grounds for cultivation was in vogue. After independence in Nigeria, cattle rearers are known for relocating from the North to South during dry season in search of green grass to sustain their cattle and occupation. In the present day Nigeria, the same scenario still abounds but in a new dimension. It now involves movement of highly skilled manpower from the country to developed societies. Among other things, this paper finds out if there is a relationship between poor leadership of the country and escalation of brain drain. Simple percentage and ranking method was used to analyze the study’s data. Chi-square was used to test its hypothesis. Our result revealed a relationship between poor leadership of the country and brain drain. It equally indicated that students are interested in travelling out of the country to developed societies after their study. Also from the study, twelve causes of brain drain were indentified. Some of them are: mass unemployment, poor salaries and conditions of service, mass poverty, crises-religious, communal, political, education etc. In respect of effects of brain drain on the nation’s economy, eleven factors were identified by the respondents. Some of them are: loss of human capital assets to man various institutions in the country, loss of tax of migrated manpower to foreign countries, loss of capital invested in education of migrated manpower assets etc. Finally, eleven solutions were profiled to the lingering problem of brain drain. The most important ones are: Good leadership, salary and conditions of service as well as rewarding system for diligent staff, mass employment etc

Influence of Traumatization and Category of “Biafran– Nigerian” Civil War Veterans on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among War Survivors

The study examine the long lasting effect of traumatization (Nigeria-Biafra war zone combat trauma) as well as recurrent flooding of traumatic events (ethnic conflict, religious conflict and political conflict) in Biafra “pogrom” survivors. Seventy six Biafran war survivors made up of 18(23.68%) disabled (wounded) combatant Biafran war veterans at Orji township, 30(39.47%) were combatant war survivors and 28(36.85%) were non-combatant war survivors from Anambra and Enugu marginalized cities in Nigeria. The Los Angles symptom checklist (King, Leskin, Foy and David, 1995) was used to assess their levels of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There were significant differences in the group's experience of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The disabled combatants Biafran war survivors had significantly high experience of PTSD than the combatant and non-combatant Biafran war veterans. The combatant war veterans that had experienced intense ethnic, political or religious conflict following the Biafran war had significantly high PTSD than those that had not. One possible implication of this finding is that episodic or enduring posttraumatic stress disorders can still afflict survivors leading to psychological impairments on the individual long after the initial onset of the traumatic event. Subsequent experience of extreme stress disorder reinforces the PTSD sequels in a survivor. The psychologist, Nigerian government, the multinational humanitarian organizations, and other mental health stake holders are to respond to the findings by providing psychotherapy and psychological rehabilitation to these survivors

A Study of E-Cheating Habit of Students in Three Selected Universities in Nigeria.

Several studies have emerged on examination misconduct in Nigeria, but „e-cheating‟ habit of students, a new form of examination fraud is yet to be given adequate attention in the literature. This study is provoked to address this problem not only in the country but also in academic scholarship. Using three selected Universities samples, the study examines methods which students are using in engaging ICTs to perpetuate examination misconduct. Relying on raw data of one hundred and ninetynine (199) students retrieved, the study attempted to uncover if a significant difference exists in echeating habit between ICT-compliant students and other students in rubrics not science-oriented. It equally tried to discover if there is a significant difference in e-cheatng habit between male and female students. Drawing on the recorded data in each institution, the study reported five ICT tools associated with examination misconduct. Using chi-square (X2) to test the hypotheses, the study reported a significant difference between ICT-complinat students and other students in rubrics not scienceoriented. Finally, it revealed a significant difference in e-cheating habit between male and female students

Parental Influence on Wards in Escalation of Examination Misconduct in Nigeria

This paper sets out to examine parental influence on wards in examination misconduct in Nigeria. The study uses perceptions of 545 respondents in a Private Christian Mission University in the country to examine the most frequent ways by which parents influence their wards to engage in examination misconduct. Moreover, the study investigates whether there is a relationship between parental influence on ward in examination misconduct and societal value for certificates. It also identified reasons for non implementation of laws on examination misconduct and also proffers solutions to this social ill in the country. The study employs differential association to explain the topic under discussion. It uses questionnaire and in-depth interview to collect information from respondents. Ranking, percentage and 3 ways analysis of variance were used to analyse data collected. However, our result shows that: There is a relationship between parental influence on ward in examination misconduct and societal value for certificates. Respondents’ attributed major reasons for non-implementation of laws on examination misconduct in the country to: involvement of the children of government functionaries, bribery and corruption etc. Lastly, respondents suggested full implementation of laws on examination misconduct, open show of students caught for misconduct in media among others as solutions to this social problem

Youthful Lust and Violation of Mobile Phone Rule In a Private Christian Mission University, South West Nigeria

This study aims at discovering the difference in the perceived lack of privacy in communication and violation of mobile phone rule among students in a Private Christian Mission University, South-West Nigeria. It equally tries to discover if there is a difference in the perceived students’ desire to express love to the opposite sex and violation of mobile phone rule. Furthermore, it strives to investigate if there is a difference in the perceived students’, who are not born again and violation of mobile phone rule. Apart from these, it finds out the time that students use their phone secretly, gender of students most involved in this violation and reasons why they do not like using telephone service provided for them on campus. The study engages both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection. It employs percentage to describe data collected. Chi-square was used to test its hypotheses @.005 level of significance. The result shows that most of the students caught for possession and use of phone were using it secretly at night. Moreover, male students were more involved in violation of mobile phone rule than their female counterparts. The study equally discovered: a difference in the perceived lack of privacy in communication and violation of mobile phone rule; difference in the perceived students’ desire to express love to the opposite sex and violation of mobile phone rule and difference in the perceived students who are not born again and violation of mobile phone rule. Six reasons were supplied by respondents for not patronizing phone service centre on campus. They are: ineffective and inefficiency of staff at the centre, congestion of students in phone centre etc

A Review of Gender Performance of Graduating Students in a Private Christian Mission University in Nigeria between 2008 and 2010

Abstract This study was carried out in a Private Christian Mission University in Nigeria to find out the current position of male-female performance in higher education. Moreover, it finds out whether there is gender difference in the performance of students in natural, humanity, business and social sciences between 2008 and 2010. It employed descriptive approach in analyzing data collected. However, our results show that there is a shift in the long standing male-female performance in higher education within the period of study. Thus, female students emerged as the best students in the overall result between 2009 and 2010. Secondly, they emerged as the best students in the existing three colleges. Thirdly, they emerged as the best students at departmental level in 2008 and 2010. Fourthly, they have highest number of first class and second class upper degrees. Finally, there is gender difference in the performance of students in natural and social, business and humanity programmes. Therefore, female students performed excellently in social, business and humanity programmes than their male colleagues while males did well in natural sciences than their female counterparts

SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES IN THE PERVASIVENESS OF ENDEMIC CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

This study uses social perspectives to examine the pervasiveness of corruption in Nigeria. The focal perspectives include Functionalism, Marxism, Differential Association, and Elite theory to mention but a few.In the course of analyzing these paradigms, it was discovered that none of these approaches could adequately account for the pervasiveness of corruption found in the country, but it was established that each of them explains the social reality of corruption within its scope. Moreover, the study employed secondary data, collected from textbooks, internet materials, newspapers and magazines, journals, articles, etc via a systematic qualitative content analysis, in dealing with these perspectives and other issues relating to forms, which Nigerians are using to perpetuate corruption and measures that have been hitherto put in place to curtail its escalation since Nigeria‟s political independence. Finally, the study explores the anecdotal bulk of issues leading to the pervasiveness of corruption in the country which hang around leadership and systemic failure mechanisms. In view of this, the study epitomizes asymptom that something has gone wrong with the critical management of the Nigerian State and recommends ways of correcting, modifying and reconditioning the bifurcating malaise o

Influence of PersonalityTypes and Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Students on Examination Malpractice: Case of Secondary Schools in Ibadan

This study investigated: (i) if a significant relationship exists between personality Type ‘A’ and examination malpractice (ii) if there is a significant relationship between personality Type ‘B’ and examination malpractice, (iii ) if socio-demographic factors (gender, age and birth order) influence examination malpractice. The study employed correlational survey design and questionnaire to collect information.The t-test and Pearson moment correlation statistical tools were used to test its hypotheses, while multiple regressionsanalysis were used to investigate which of the independent variables (personality types and socio-demographic factors) significantly predicted the dependent variable (i.e. attitude towards examination malpractice). The resultreveals that personality Type ‘A’ has a significant relationship with examination malpractice (r=0.28; p< 0.05). It also indicates that the personality Type ‘B’ has a significant relationship with examination malpractice (r=0.43; p< 0.05). In respect of socio-demographic factors, the result shows that there is no significant relationship between the age and examination malpractice, (r =- 0.102 and it is not significant at p> 0.05). The result also reveals correlation between gender and examination malpractice (r = 0.14 at p< 0.05).In another development, the finding show that there is no significant relationship between birth order and examination malpractice, (r = -0.029 and it is not significant at p>.005). Implications of these findings are indications that personality types ‘A’, personality Type ‘B’ and gender influence examination malpractice among students while factors such as age and birth order are not crucial in determining examination malpractice

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF SELECTED HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON THE CORPORATE PERFORMANCE OF A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY, WESTERN NIGER

Studies have attempted to recommend designs of various HR systems to achieve organizational goals as well as determine best set of complementing HR practices that will indeed boost performance. However, several limitations spanning from different levels of analysis, size of firm, union status of organizations and business environment have limited the acceptability of several advancements, hence, the need for a contextual study such as this. It therefore sets to discover if systems of high-performance HR practices will boost productivity. It equally examines if complementing high-performance HR practices will boost productivity. The study engages Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient at 0.01 level of significance for degree of freedom 2 to test these hypotheses. Moreover, regression analysis was employed to measure the contribution of the independent variable to the dependent variable while student-t-test, beta and F-ratio were used to test the relationship in terms of nature and strength. Our findings revealed that high-performance HR practices will boost productivity. It equally ascertained that complementing high-performance HR will improve productivity of staff. Keywords: Human Resources Management Practices, Corporate Performance, Multinational Company, Western Nigeria