ABSTRACT The overall aim of this study is to examine the extent to which birth order and parenting styles predict academic performance of private secondary school students in Alimosho Local Government Area Lagos. This study was necessary due to the high rate of students low academic performance in private secondary school. Questionnaire was used in collecting specific information from 200 participant. The questionnaire was divided into two parts (Section A and B). Section A consist items that...
ABSTRACT The research aimed to determine the influence of dispositional factors and some demographic factors on organizational citizenship behaviour among non-academic staffs ,The study examined personality traits ,age and marital status as variables to know their influence on organizational citizenship behaviour among non-academic staff of Federal university OyeEkiti, one hundred and fifty questionnaire was administered to the non -academic staff, the study hypothesized that personality tra...
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of prison environment on inmates' rehabilitation and reformation process in south - western Nigeria. This is with the view of identifying prison environment as the factor that affect inmates' rehabilitation and reformation process. Quantitative method were used to obtained information from the respondents, questionnaire were administered to 120 inmates to know their perception on the effect of prison environment on inmate rehabilitation and reformation ...
ABSTRACT The employees of the Federal University Oye Ekiti are individuals who provide labor to the organization. The aim of the study was to predict the influence of depression on job performance among University employees of the Federal University Oye Ekiti. The study is a cross sectional study and was conducted in Federal University Oye Ekiti involving 206 pa1ticipants that included. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the participants. Respondents were surveye...
ABSTRACT Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with over 12.3% of the world’s population contributed as little as 1.41% of world’s total output in 2008. In terms of international trade, SSA region has performed below expectations. Its total, service and manufactured exports shares in world market on the average were at low values of 0.04%, 0.02% and 0.01% between 1995 and 2008, respectively. The values were far lower than the world average as well as wh...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research work is to examine 1he relationship between interest rate and stock market pe1formance in Nigeria from 1980- 2013 using market capitalization (MC) as the dep1111denvt ariable', ond others as explanatory variables which are all secondary data sourced from CB.' statistical bulletin and Nigerian Stock Exchange bulletin respectively. The study employed some econometric techniques for simplicity. The descriptive statistics was used to examine the trend of i...
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship has been found to be a factor in socio-economic and human development. Its study has, however, been largely viewed from economic perspective in Nigeria. This work was an attempt to approach the issue of entrepreneurial event among Nigerian entrepreneurs from socio-cultural perspective.This studywas conducted in three selected organized associations of entrepreneurs in Lagos, Nigeria. The study covered the interactions between some socio-cultural factors such as, ...
ABSTRACT Mental health is an important and indispensable constituent of health which determines the capacity of an individual to consciously live a meaningful and stable life. Mental illness presents a lot of challenges especially in developing nations, Nigeria inclusive. There are various cultural factors that influence the perceptions of people about mental illness. Although studies exist on the perceptions and treatment of mental illness, little attention has been paid to gender difference...
ABSTRACT There are concerns about the feasibility of democratic governance in Africa generally, and in Nigeria particularly due to pervasive demagoguery in the practice of democracy, which is still relatively understudied (particularly as it relates to the Nigerian context). In spite the seemingly remarkable progress of democracy in Nigeria, its survival, deepening and dividends are threatened by anti-democratic behaviour and practices that are antithetical to the universally acknowledged pr...
ABSTRACT This study investigated that investing in womens empowerment is central to sustainable national development regarding the key variables that influence and is responsible for maintaining or changing the structure of womens disposition within the prisms of their empowerment. With Nigerias female population estimated at 83 million (about 49 percent of the countrys over 170 million people), the need for financial inclusion of women to boost development and employment opportunities ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of social media on sexual behavior of undergraduates in te,tiary institutions. The study focused on the activities undergraduates regarding the use social media platforms; the positive and negative influence of social media on undergraduates' sexual behavior and strategies to curb or eliminate the negative effects of social media. The population of the study constituted undergraduates students in three tertiary institutions in Ekiti state namely...
ABSTRACT This study analyses the impact of education expenditure on unemployment growth in Nigeria from 1970 to 2016. Using Ordinary Least Square (OLS), unit root, cointegration and Granger causality test procedures, the descriptive statistics result indicates that all the variable have positive mean values. The standard deviation result indicates that the highest standard deviation is recorded by the TDEBT while the least standard deviation is recorded by UNEMPR. The regression result of th...
ABSTRACT Academic performance among university students is an intricate issue, which requires immediate attention because. it is declining continually at an alarming rate. Accordingly, the study examined Age and Test anxiety as correlate of Academic performance among University students using the expost facto design. Two hundred (200) undergraduates of Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) were sampled using convenience sampling method. Self-report instruments comprising of Test Anxiety Inven...
ABSTRACT This study examines how various health investments culminate in child health outcomes in Africa, case study the ECOWAS region. The main objectives of the study includes evaluating the impact of health inputs to health on child mortality in developing and advanced nations, and to determine if socioeconomic status has significant impact on child mortality. The study used panel data gathered from the World Bank World Development Indicators database. Data analysis relied on the use of t...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the knowledge and attitude of students at Federal University of Oye Ekiti towards HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counselling and Test (VCT) in the campus: determine the knowledge of voluntary pre - test counselling for HIV among undergraduates students at FUOYE, examine respondents status of HIV/AIDS, determine their level of participation in pretest counselling, and ascertain their attitude towards VCT. A presented questionnaire was administered on a cross-section of 200 st...