This study evaluates the link between female students' academic success and sexual harassment in tertiary schools. Using a cross-sectional survey technique, 200 students from five departments at the University of Benin in Nigeria were selected for the study. The frequency,
simple percentage test, and regression test were used for the study's test, and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 22 version was used to assess the study's data. The study's findings suggested that lecturers are the primary perpetrators of sexual harassment, which has made the learning environment in tertiary schools unfavorable for female students. This was especially true of the University of Benin, where the majority of female students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria reported having experienced sexual harassment. The study also found a link between sexual harassment and poor academic achievement among female students in Nigerian tertiary institutions as well as its psychological effects. Accordingly, the study made a number of recommendations, including that tertiary institution administrators set up structures that would allow staff and students to have a conversation about the issue of sexual harassment; that female students should be adequately informed about the policies and support services available to reduce sexual harassment; and that strict adherence to workplace ethics are required.
Volume 1 . Issue 2 , DECEMBER 2022
This paper investigated the link between organizational commitment and job performance of university lecturers in Delta State University, Nigeria. Specifically, the relationship between the organizational commitment dimensions of affective, continuance, and normative commitment and job performance of university lecturers in Delta State University was explored. The study adopted the survey research design. The population of this study consists of all categories of lecturers in Delta State University, Delta State. A sample size of three hundred respondents which were selected using the convenience sampling technique was used for the study. The data generated in the study were analysed using frequency tables, percentage, mean, and multiple regression. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 was used for data analysis. All analyses were carried out at 5% level of significance. The study found that all the organizational commitment dimensions investigated, that is, affective commitment, continuance commitment and normative commitment have a direct influence on the job performance of university lecturers. The study recommended that the management of universities in Nigeria should positively stimulate the attitudes and behaviour of their employees through the implementation of a comprehensive, equitable and attractive incentive system for all categories of lecturers; and improve the conditions of work and service of university lecturers.
Feedback quality is essential towards pursuing an effective performance management system. This study is conducted to determine how impactful is performance appraisal feedback on performance management among academics of higher education institutions in Nigeria could be. The study adopted cross sectional survey research design where 216 valid responses generated from the structured questionnaires administered served as study sample and thus used for analyzing data. 0.957 and 0.962 were respectively found as coefficient values using Composite Reliability. Partial-least square (PLS SEM) was used to analyze data. Findings suggest performance appraisal feedback supports performance management among academics for the sampled higher education institution. It was therefore recommended among others that academics should be carried on board on the goals of the institution‘s performance management system and the mechanism for giving feedback be clear.
This study investigated the impact of internal corporate social responsibility on employee creativity in the polyethylene industry of Oluyole Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Through random sampling, two valid and reliable questionnaires were administered to employees in the polyethylene industry of Oluyole Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Correlational analyses of 183 properly filled and returned questionnaires showed that internal corporate social responsibility (I-CSR) has a significant relationship/impact on
employee creativity. Therefore, entrepreneurs, business owners, researchers and policymakers should make deliberate efforts and policies such as managerial/employee creativity training,engagement of creativity practitioners and experts to foster organisational creativity, investing in CSR/I-CSR research and practices, increasing the sample sizes of future studies in the polyethylene industry.
Online platform is a tecnological based tool through which instructions, discussions and facilitations of learning can be carried out without physical contact of the facilitators and the audience. It could be used to excute programmes in real time. Perhaps, medical students‘ programmes could be quite robust and demanding and could leverage on online platforms to facilitate some of their programmes. The study examined how the year of study influenced medical students‘ perception on the use of online platforms for training and development. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used and multi-stage sampling technique was utilized to select 600 medical students from first year to the sixth year. The data collected were analyzed using frequency tables and logistic regression. The results show that for every one year advancement in the Basic Medical Sciences, there is 28.7% likelihood of medical students‘approval of the use of online platform for learning and development. However, within the Clinical Sciences, for every one year advancement among the clinical students, there is 2 times likelihood of approval of online platform for learning and development. This implies that online platform gets better appreciated as medical students spends more years in their learning and development. It is therefore recommended that, stakeholders in medical education should initiate the online platform for learning and development early in the medical students‘ career to achieve the much needed effect towards the conclusion of their programmes
The general assumption among scholars is that external auditor ensures the reliability of the financial statements provided by the management. This study investigated the moderating role of audit quality on the relationship between ownership structure and earnings quality of top 10 insurance companies in Nigeria. Data used in the study was generated from the selected insurance company annual account and reports. OLS regression was employed to analysed the data. The findings revealed that, institutional shareholders monitor management financial activities in order to prevent misrepresentation of real economic activity, thereby, mitigating management opportunistic behaviour the, similarly, as the management formed part of the companies‘ shareholder, the earnings reported tend to reflect real economic activity on the contrary, when ownership is highly concentrated in the hands of few individuals, these few individuals tend to align with the management in exercising self-serving behaviour when a future benefit is foreseen interaction between audit quality and ownership structure increased the quality of earnings reported. In line with the finding the study recommends that, insurance companies should employ the services of external auditors to further strengthen the monitoring power of ownership structure to ensure earnings quality.
This study examined how financial reforms impact financial system stability in Nigeria. Financial reforms constructs investigated include financial deepening, financial vulnerability, and interest rate spread. Secondary data covering the period of thirty years (30) were used for the study. The data were obtained from reputable and reliable government agencies. Aggregate financial stability index (AFSI) was computed to proxy financial stability. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique was used to determine the link between the selected constructs of financial reforms and financial stability in Nigeria. The study found that financial deepening positively and significantly impacted on financial stability. Financial vulnerability showed a negative but significant impact on financial stability. However, interest rate spread did not have any statistically significant impact on financial stability in Nigeria during the period examined. The study recommends that stakeholders in policy formulation and implementation should deploy the use of broad money management to ensure financial stability in Nigeria as well as constantly monitoring the ratio of financial assets and liabilities to the nation‘s real GDP to avoid jeopardizing the stability of the financial system.