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CAREER PROGRESSION, WORK MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP STYLES AS FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATISFACTION OF LIBRARY PERSONNEL IN THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE OF NIGERIA
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- Capitalism with its accompanied liberal ideology has been very successful in expanding its tentacles to and overthrowing other social and economic systems in several parts of the world. The resulting consequence of this historical process is that of globalization which is characterized by increasing homogeneity and interdependence of the various countries of the world on one another. While globalization has been recurrent and become a focus for scholarly discourse, Nigeria right from the time of her independence has remained at a disadvantage position in terms of economic, political, technological and cultural development. Historical events showed that the “supposed giant of Africa” as a peripheral country, has been dancing to the music of the more developed nations, thus experiencing disguised dependency even as an independent republic. However, if the country is serious about achieving its sustainable development goals, it must learn to dictate its own tune and look inwards for the restructuration of its social, economic and political systems in line with her area of strength, as well as addressing her weaknesses. Thus, this paper attempts to describe the current world capitalist system in the light of World-Systems Theory, discuss globalization and then examine key areas Nigeria must look into for the emancipation of its people from the shackles of underdevelopment and dependency. In conclusion, it is recommended that true Federalism and Nationalism should be the watchword and practice of both political leaders and Nigerian citizens in order to achieve grassroots development and national progress. 1 results 1
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- Commercial vehicle drivers' behaviour on urban roads serves as the primary cause of most Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs). The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), therefore, through its public enlightenment programmes (PEP) promoted sustainable good driving habits among these drivers. Previous studies on the reduction of RTAs have focused more on the drivers, vehicles, and infrastructural facilities without considerations for the PEP of the FRSC. This study, therefore, investigated the influence of FRSC's public enlightenment programmes on commercial drivers' behaviour (CDB) in urban centres in Southwestern Nigeria. The descriptive research design was adopted. The multi-stage sampling techniques was used in selecting 1,179 commercial drivers, 100 principal officers' from National Union of Road Transport Workers; 111 Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria members, 174 Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria members, who had once attended FRSC's PEP and 20 FRSC's Officials from 28 motor parks in selected centres: Lagos, Akure, Ibadan and Abeokuta. Drivers' Perception of FRSC's Public Enlightenment Programme Inventory (r=0.83), Commercial Drivers Behaviour Inventory (r=0.92); and Commercial Drivers's Compliance Inventory (r=0.88) were used. These were complemented with 12 and six sessions each of Focus Group Discussion and Key Informant Interview with commercial drivers and FRSC officials. Five research questions were answered and two hypotheses tested at p?0.05.Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson's product moment correlation and multiple regression and content analysis. There was a significant joint effect of PEP on CDB (F (5, 1159) =519.53); and contributing 86.7% to the variance in CDB. The PEP on Radio (?=0.69), motor park rallies and road safety lectures (?=.678), PEP on Television (?=-.251), FRSC's Videos and Films (?=.133) and FRSC's handbills, posters and billboards (?=-.115) contributed to CDB. Also, PEP on Radio (r=.699), motor park rallies and road safety lectures (r=.668), PEP on Television (r=.237), FRSC's handbills, posters and billboards (r=.219) and FRSC's Videos and Films (r=.153) correlated with CDB. Content of PEP (r=.205), delivery strategies (r=.176), quality of resource personnel (r=.152), PEP timing (r=.113) and language of instruction (r=.089); all correlated with CDB. Also personal characteristics of commercial drivers predicted their compliance to PEP (F(9, 1155)=449.01); while experience (?=.211), marital status (?=.144), age (?=-.109), training on driving techniques (?=-.124), frequency of PEP attendance (?=.098), level of education (?=.023) and sex (?=-.015) contributed to compliance with PEP. The commercial drivers revealed that PEP is mostly restricted to the last quarter of the year and, is solely implemented by the FRSC without contributions and assistance from other governmental agencies and private initiatives. The public enlightenment programmes on radio, motor park rallies and road safety lectures positively influenced commercial drivers' behaviour. There is therefore the need to ensure that these programmes are implemented. Also, the language of instruction must be taken into consideration to cover all stakeholders. 1 results 1
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- Distance Education Programme (DEP) was introduced in the 1970s by some Nigerian universities as an alternative mode to the conventional delivery. However, reports have shown that the programme has been bedevilled by low quality learning, unethical practices and mismatch between policy and practice. Previous studies focused on enrolment, retention and analyses of some factors for motivating distance learners with less attention paid to evolution, practices and challenges of the programmes. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the evolution, practices and challenges of the undergraduate DEP in dual-mode federal universities in South-Western Nigeria, 1974-2014. Cognitive Dissonance, Independent Study and Transactional Distance Learning theories provided the framework, while historical and descriptive survey methods were adopted. The DEP of the three accredited dual-mode federal universities in South-Western Nigeria were enumerated, namely University of Lagos Distance Learning Institute (DLI), University of Ibadan Distance Learning Centre (DLC) and the Obafemi Awolowo University Centre for Distance Learning (CDL), Ile-Ife. Primary data included oral interviews with the centre / institute directors and archival materials of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and sampled institutions, while secondary sources included relevant textbooks, journal articles, bulletins, periodicals and unpublished Ph.D theses. Questionnaires were administered to the 77 tutors, 102 administrative staff and 959 distance learning students that were purposively selected based on their experience. Historical and descriptive methods were employed for data analyses The DEP began in 1974 with the establishment of the University of Lagos Correspondence and Open Studies Unit which eventually transmuted to DLI in 1997. The University of Ibadan External Studies Programme later changed to the Centre for External Studies in 1988 and became DLC in 2002, the same year the CDL was established in Ile-Ife. Although the institutions ran DEP on part-time basis between 2002-2009, accreditation of courses by the NUC in 2011 transited the programmes to full-fledged practice. The period 2009-2014 featured improved institutional commitment, better compliance with the NUC guidelines, general increase in enrolment and a reduction of face-to-face interactions. The DLI, DLC and CDL organised orientation programmes for new students and packaged instructions into tablets, but conducted interactive sessions respectively at weekends, week days and two weeks to examinations. The weighted mean across the centres / institute was high against > 2.50 threshold in term of Capacity Development (CD), Learner Support Services (LSS) and Quality Assurance (QA) respectively. The mean values of DLI, DLC and CDL on CD, LSS and QA are (2.98 + 0.75; 2.84 + 0.85; 3.35 + 0.83), (3.10 + 0.75; 2.89 + 0.74; 3.35 + 0.50 and (3.08 + 0.85; 2.92 + 0.87 3.41 + 0.90) respectively. Despite constraints of low internet bandwidths and erratic power supply in the Universities, the undergraduate DEP had transformed from correspondence to a technologically-driven mode. Within the four decades of existence, the undergraduate Distance Education Programmes in dual-mode federal universities in South-Western Nigeria had witnessed better regulatory framework and improved productivity in spite of infrastructural constraints. To enhance better practice of the programmes, all stakeholders should be more committed. 1 results 1
- Dual-mode Federal Universities in Nigeria 1 results 1
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- Economic reforms and the quest for efficiency in public administration call for the decentralization of collective bargaining and wages in the public sector in Nigeria. But the effort to decentralize has translated into both a protracted industrial relations crisis and intergovernmental conflict. This situation is traced to the failed effort at institutionalizing collective bargaining and the consolidation of the unified wage structure in the public sector by the resort to ad hoc wages commissions. The distorted fiscal federalism and intergovernmental relations under the military in Nigeria complicated the situation, such that resolving the federal question has become critical to returning stability to Nigeria’s industrial relations system. 1 results 1
- Federal Civil Service of Nigeria 1 results 1
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- Federal Colleges of Education in South-West Nigeria 1 results 1
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