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February 24, 2021
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NEGATIVE SEXUAL EXPERIENCES AS PREDICTORS OF DEPRESSION AMONG WOMEN

Category : International Journal of Social Sciences and Conflict Management, Volume 5, number 3, 2020

Mgbenkemdi Ejike. H& Aboh Uche J

Department of Psychology

Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani Enugu

Email:iamejike@yahoo.co.uk & james.aboh@esut.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

This study investigated negative sexual experiences as predictors of depression among women. A total of 107 participants comprising 62 female nurses and 45 female administrative staff of Federal Neuropsychiatric hospital Enugu using available sampling techniques were drawn for the study. Two sets of instruments were used namely; SES – Sexual Experiences Survey (Koss, Gidyez & Wisniewski, 1987); and CES-D – Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (Rudloff, 1977). A cross-sectional design was adopted; while hierarchical multiple regression analysis was applied as a statistic to test the hypothesis which stated that negative sexual experiences would significantly predict depression among women. The result showed that a strong positive correlation was observed between negative sexual experiences and depression among women r(107) = .47at p<.001. Meaning the increase in negative sexual experiences would equally bring about an increase in depression among women. Further, negative sexual experiences accounted for an additional 25.5% (ΔR2= 17.7%) variation in depression and this change in R2was significant, F(10, 96) = 3.29, p<.001) and the relationship between variables were strong(R =.51). However, only negative sexual experiences significantly and positively predicted depression β = .45, t(96) = 4.77, p<.001. It was concluded that the most important predictor of depression among women was negative sexual experiences which predicted strongly and remarkably depression among women. The findings were discussed in relation to pieces of literature reviewed and suggestions made.

Keywords: Negative Sexual experiences, Nurses, Administrative Staff, Depression and women

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February 24, 2021
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: EMERGENCE AND PRINCIPLES

Category : International Journal of Social Sciences and Conflict Management, Volume 5, number 3, 2020

Dominic Shimawua

Department of Public Administration,

Faculty of Management Science, Veritas University, Abuja

Email: dshimawua@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

New Public Management refers to a set of reforms that have come to radically redefine the nature of public sector organizations. Being inspired by a broad management ideology the reforms have brought forward ideas about ‘real’ organizations – i.e. having clear and unique identity, being able to plan and carry out rational decisions, and having well-defined boundaries and hierarchical structures. These ideas go hand in hand with rationales of administration of public sector organizations which can be seen both as transformative in the process of introduction of NPM and as an outcome of this process. However, there are few criticisms of the doctrines of NPM from the political perspective and few of the developing countries have become successful in public sector reform. This paper attempts to pinpoint the emergence, principles and criticisms of NPM considering its principles.

Keywords: Public Administration, New Public Management, Principles, Efficiency

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February 23, 2021
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE OF OFFICE STAFF IN EDUCATIONAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE

Category : International Journal of Sciences and Advanced Innovative Research, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 3, 2020

Epelle Gloria, Amadi, Mary Anyankpele & Nweke, Emmanuel Onyekachi

Department of Educational Management

Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt

E-mail: emy1242000@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper delved into Sexual harassment and job performance of office workers in educational tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The paper adopted the desk approach in that secondary literature materials from internet, textbooks, journals, magazines were deployed in the paper. The paper considered the concepts of sexual harassment, office worker, and causes of sexual harassment in the office, management sanctions, consequences and panacea to sexual harassment to tertiary educational institutions in Rivers State. The paper concluded that sexual harassment should not be allowed in any education office in tertiary institutions in Rivers State. The paper suggested that management should make local rules to guide against occurrences of the considered ugly trend and the conduct of the staff should show business consciousness.

Keywords: Office Staff, Tertiary institutions, Sexual harassment, Job performance

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February 23, 2021
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SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS IN DOMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Category : Uncategorized

Iliyasu M. Anzaku¹, Chunwate B. Thomas²^,Ahmed Y. Ubangari³^,

¹Department of Science, School of Continuing Education, Bayero University, Kano,

²Department of Environmental Management, Nasarawa State University, Keffi^,

³Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia.

Email: mmaman.iliyasu@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This research work assess the knowledge of soil conservation practices among farmers in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Data for the study were sourced from several sources that that could be broadly be classified into two: primary and secondary data. Data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics in the form of simple percentage and presented in chart format. The result revealed that 79% of the farmers owned the farmland the cultivated. 88% of the respondents have admitted that they noticed soil fertility changes on their farm. This occurs as a result of depletion in soil components which contributes to soil fertility. 80% of farmers noticed crop yield change on their farm. The findings also reveals that 95% of farmers were of the opinion that the nature of change in their crop yield has be on a increase. Inorganic fertilizer is the most popular commodity employed by farmers as fertility measure within the study area. 83.02% of the respondents of the study were of the assertion the usage is beneficial. The study recommends that there is a need to look into the possibility of initiating provision of motivational incentives to raise the capacity of farmers by provision of loan and training to enable them adopt improved measures of soil fertility in the study area.

KEY WORDS: Soil, Conservation, Practices, farmers, degradation.

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February 23, 2021
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: EMERGENCE AND PRINCIPLES

Category : Uncategorized

Dominic Shimawua

Department of Public Administration,

Faculty of Management Science, Veritas University, Abuja

Email: dshimawua@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

New Public Management refers to a set of reforms that have come to radically redefine the nature of public sector organizations. Being inspired by a broad management ideology the reforms have brought forward ideas about ‘real’ organizations – i.e. having clear and unique identity, being able to plan and carry out rational decisions, and having well-defined boundaries and hierarchical structures. These ideas go hand in hand with rationales of administration of public sector organizations which can be seen both as transformative in the process of introduction of NPM and as an outcome of this process. However, there are few criticisms of the doctrines of NPM from the political perspective and few of the developing countries have become successful in public sector reform. This paper attempts to pinpoint the emergence, principles and criticisms of NPM considering its principles.

Keywords: Public Administration, New Public Management, Principles, Efficiency

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February 23, 2021
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SARIMA MODELLING OF MONTHLY RAINFALL IN RIVERS STATE OF NIGERIA

Category : International Journal of Medical Science and Applied Biosciences, volume 5 , number, 3, 2020

¹Love Cherukei Nnoka , ²Ifeoma Better Lekara-Bayo & ²Ette Harrison Etuk

¹Department of Statistics, Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

²Department of Mathematics, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Email: nnokalove@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This work is about seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) modeling of monthly rainfall of Rivers State of Nigeria from 1981 to 2016. The time plot shows seasonality of period 12 months as typical of rainfall data. Even though the Augmented Dickey Fuller test of unit root ceritifies the series as stationary the correlogram shows an undulating sinusoidal pattern of seasonality of period 12, as expected. The correlogram shows positive spikes at lag 12 and comparable spikes at the autocorrelation function (ACF) at lags 11 and 13 and spikes at lags 12 and 24 on the partial autocorrelation function (PACF). This suggests the involvement of a seasonal autoregressive order of 1 or 2 and a moving average non-seasonal order of 1 and a seasonal order of 1. This means the involvement of a SARIMA(0,0,1)x(1,1,1)₁₂ model. Other models worth testing are SARIMA(0,0,1)x(2,1,1)₁₂ model and a SARIMA(1,0,1)x(0,1,1)₁₂ model. By AIC and R² the lattest model was chosen. The correlogram of the residuals showed no significant spike, an evidence of model adequacy. The forecasts of 2017 were obtained finally.

Keywords: Rainfall, Rivers State, Nigeria, SARIMA modeling

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February 23, 2021
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE OF TEACHING STAFF IN OTM DEPARTMENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN RIVERS STATE

Category : International Journal of Management Studies, Business and Entrepreneurship Research, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 3, 2020

Faith Adanne Onuekwa

Department of Office Technology and Management

Capt. Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola

ABSTRACT

The study delved into information and communication technologies and Lecturers’ Teaching Performance of Lecturer in Tertiary Institution in Rivers State. The research design is qualitative in which related literature was reviewed. The paper discussed information and communication technologies in the light of availability of information and communication tools, utilization of the ICTs, challenges of use ICTs and the concept of Lecturer performance. Availability was viewed in the sense of not just having the facilities available but the ability of the Lecturer to use the available digital tools. From the reviewed scholarly literature the paper suggested that government should embark on massive training and retraining of Lecturer in public tertiary institutions in Rivers State in Rivers State, while the lecturers themselves should brace up for self-development to cope with the contemporary world of education.

Keywords: Information and Communication Technologies, Lecturer performance, Challenges, Utilities, Availability, OTM (Office Technology and Management).

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February 23, 2021
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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) IN NIGERIA WORK ORGANIZATIONS: A SITUATION ANALYSIS

Category : International Journal of Management Studies, Business and Entrepreneurship Research, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 3, 2020

¹Okafor, l. C., ²Ele, Augustine Augustine, ¹Mbam John Nwuguru & ¹Orji Awa Prince

¹Department of Business Management, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki,

²Department of Business Management,University of Calabar, Calabar

Email: elenoble2000@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper centered on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the Nigeria work organizations- a situation analysis. The study employed a theoretical –based approach and a conceptual review of related literatures. Three objectives were formulated to guide this study. The study revealed that ADR has a significant influence on organizational and employees’ performance in the Nigeria work organizations. The study also revealed that the different methods of ADR such as arbitration, mediation, negotiation, collaboration, compromise, good governance, communication, facilitation, expert determination, mini-trial, etc. if adopted appropriately would have a significant effects on operational efficiency and effectiveness of work organizations in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommended that management and managers should employ the ADR mechanisms such as mediation, arbitration, negotiation, collaboration, compromise and good governance in settling disputes as well as conflicts among parties in the Nigeria work organizations in order to reduce cost, save time and being fast in reaching a consensus agreement or compromise. It was also recommended that the various mechanisms of ADR should be adopted in resolving disputes between management and workers of the work organizations depending on the situation or circumstances, since there is no one best method in solving organizational conflicts and problems.Key words: Alternative dispute resolution, work organizations, disputes, conflict, Nigeria

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February 23, 2021
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ETHICAL ISSUES OF TAX EVASION IN NIGERIA

Category : International Journal of Management Studies, Business and Entrepreneurship Research, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 3, 2020

Nwadighoha, C. E.

Department of Accounting, College of Management Sciences,

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the views and ethical justifications for tax evasion in Nigeria. The survey method was employed for the study which involves the administration of questionnaires to sixty respondents made up of the academia, civil servants, businessmen and students. The questionnaire contains scale depicting the basic views on tax evasion. Most of the statements begin with the phrase “tax evasion is not unethical if …” which allows the respondents to either agree or disagree with the statement. The responses to each question were tallied and ranked to determine the circumstances whereby tax evasion might be considered most or least ethical. The pooled t-statistic was used to test whether there were significant differences among the respondents on the view on tax evasion. It was discovered that the respondents especially the academia agree that tax evasion was ethical. Similarly, the academia was eighteen structured statements in a 5-point likert less opposed to tax evasion than the other respondents. Moreover, the female respondents (academic and other respondents) expressed more support for tax evasion than their male counter parts. Among the most important justifications or reasons for tax evasion were: religious, political and ethnic discrimination, perception of injustice in government allocation of projects. Unfairness in the tax system was the least justification for tax evasion. It is concluded that there is serious ignorance of tax laws on the part of the respondents as no reason is sufficient to justify tax evasion which is a criminal offence. Therefore, it is recommended that government and the tax authorities should engage in massive awareness campaigns and tax education to enlighten the public on the need to pay taxes instead of evading it and also to correct the wrong perception of tax obligations of citizen in Nigeria.

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February 23, 2021
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DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA

Category : International Journal of Management Studies, Business and Entrepreneurship Research, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 3, 2020

Duruechi, Anthony H

Department of Banking & Finance

Faculty of Management Sciences

Imo State University, Owerri Imo State

Email: tonimoore03@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The study concerned itself with determinants of foreign portfolio investments in Nigeria. The main objective was to ascertain those factors that influence foreign portfolio investments in an emerging economy like Nigeria. Secondary data used for the study were obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin, spanning the period 1990 to 2018. The Vector Error Correction Mechanism (VECM) was used to analyze the data aided by e-views version 10. The research findings revealed that market capitalization, all-share index, economic growth, foreign exchange rates, interest rates and inflation rates are determinants of Foreign Portfolio Investments in Nigeria. Thus, it was concluded that the identified variables are major factors considered by foreign investor’s viz-a-viz foreign portfolio investments in Nigeria. Thus, it was recommended that having established the fact that market capitalization, all-share index, economic growth, foreign exchange rates, interest rates and inflation rates are major determinants of foreign portfolio investment in Nigeria, there is need to ensure that these variables are properly monitored in order to attract more foreign portfolio investors into the country.

Keywords: Foreign portfolio investments, market capitalization, all share index, economic growth, foreign exchange rates, interest rates and inflation rates.

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