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Factors and Considerations Influencing Faculty Members’ Decision to Publish with Journals: A Nigerian University Experience
(2021) Ismail Adeyemi; Kabir Sulaiman; Fatima Temim
It has been observed that faculty members of Kwara State University (KWASU) in Malete, Nigeria, publish in journals based on some factors and considerations. These factors and considerations guide their choice of publishing in journals. The aim of this study was to show the factors and considerations influencing KWASU faculty members’ decision to publish with journals. The study adopted a descriptive survey method, with a web-survey questionnaire as data collection instrument. The population for the study was 482, of whom 192 respondents responded positively, representing 39.8% of the total population. A quantitative analysis was done of data collected, using the automatically-generated analysis from Google Forms. The hypothesis was tested using Microsoft Excel. It was found that some of the factors that influence the choice of KWASU faculty members to publish with journals, include: peer review; publication cost; open access; impact factor; and frequency of publication. It was found that more than half of the faculty members give consideration to editorial board lists of journals before sending out their manuscripts to journals. It was also found that there is a statistically significant relationship between factors and considerations for the choice of publishing in a journal. Challenges encountered by faculty members in publishing with journals include poor communication between author and editor, faculty members’ poor awareness of journals, difficulty in getting collaborators, and pressure to get an academic promotion.
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Organizational politics and the performance of Deposit Money Banks in Kwara State, Nigeria
(A PUBLICATION OF THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH, INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA, 2025) Abdulazeez Alhaji Salau
Organizational politics has remained a pervasive challenge in many corporate environments, often undermining employee morale and institutional efficiency, particularly in the Nigerian banking sector. This study investigated the effect of organizational politics on the performance of deposit money banks in Kwara State, Nigeria, with a specific focus on how tribalism and gender discrimination, used as proxies for organizational politics, affect organizational performance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted, and data were collected using a structured questionnaire administered to a purposive sample of 86 employees drawn from five selected banks within the state. The study employed multiple regression analysis to evaluate the relationship between the variables. Findings revealed that tribalism significantly and negatively affects organizational performance (R² = 0.520, F = 69.216, p < 0.05), with both ethnic profiling and favouritism showing significant negative beta coefficients (β = -0.842, p = .000; β = -0.625, p = .003, respectively). Similarly, gender discrimination also significantly undermines performance (R² = 0.621, F = 65.010, p < 0.05), with all its indicators—career development discrimination, gender pay gap, and sexual harassment—exerting statistically significant negative effects. The study concludes that unchecked organizational politics in the form of tribal and gender biases compromise efficiency, fairness, and productivity in the banking sector. It recommends the implementation of inclusive HR policies, gender equity initiatives, robust anti discrimination frameworks, and continuous staff training to foster a merit-driven and equitable work environment.
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FISCAL DISCIPLINE, INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
(A PUBLICATION OF THE CENTRE FOR RESEARCH, INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, AL-HIKMAH UNIVERSITY, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA, 2025-06-30) Abdulazeez Alhaji Salau
The quality of a country’s environment has become an important issue in recent time this is because massive economic activities which is the goal of various government in West Africa countries produces anthropogenic greenhouse gases which affect the environment. Hence, the study examined the impact of fiscal discipline, institutional quality and environmental quality in West Africa. While, the specific objectives are to examine the: (i) impact of fiscal discipline on environmental quality in West Africa; (ii) effect of institutional quality on environmental quality in West Africa; and (iii) interactive effect of fiscal discipline and institutional quality on environmental quality in West Africa. The study employed Static panel technique and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) to analyzed the data gathered from World Development Indicator and World Governance Indicator. From the findings of the study, it was shown that the p-value of first lag of the environmental quality is 0.063, while the coefficient is .990. Therefore, it was revealed that institutional quality is a significant determinant of environmental quality. The result of the study also revealed that fiscal discipline is a significant determinant of environmental quality. Also, the coefficient value of the institutional quality is 0.131, depicting that a unit increase in first lag of environmental quality will lead to .131. The result of the study further revealed that interaction between institutional quality and fiscal discipline is a significant determinant of environmental quality. The study concluded that institutional quality and fiscal discipline have significant impact on environmental quality in West African countries. It was recommended that African governments should promote fiscal discipline by implementing reforms aimed at developing their fiscal discipline because this has the potential to help reduce CO2 emissions or increase environmental quality.
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AN OVER VIEW OF ETHNIC MILITIAS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA: NIGERIA AS A CASE STUDY
(2010) Alabi Salihu Hammed
Africa is one of the most diversified cultural continent in the world. While such extensive diversity is not unique to Africa, given the geographical size of the continent as the second largest continent in the world; the profusion of this cultural variation sometimes gives the impression of unending differences. Africa unending conflicts reveal a tragic exposition of human tragedy. This is because ethnicity induced conflict in Africa keep on recurring in various part of the continent, one fact that must be accepted is that, with the emergence of nation- states at the demise of colonialism, people of different ethnic backgrounds were lumped together and this historical antecedent has continue to feature prominently in Africa politics. Ethnic group with large numbers were put together with those with not so large in number, hence almost every African country has majority and minority. Such ethnic groups persistently cry of disparity or unequal treatment by the government or state with their counterparts in the polity. They form impression that they are denied their fair share in the areas of political participation. Nigeria with a large number of ethnic groups. inequalities among them are size, education and access to state power and resources. There are highly developed and fractionalized indigenous bourgeoisie, which made her ethnic situation perhaps the most complicated in Africa. Some of the ethnic and religious militants have constituted themselves into private armies thereby creating serious ethnic conflicts. This study, therefore, relies on context analysis as its methodology to examine ethnic militias in Africa with particular reference to Nigeria. It also examines the effects of ethmic conflicts on the country's search for unity, and identifies the possible issues for resolution. The study also proffered suggestions on how to curb ethnic conflicts in Nigeria.
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IMPACT OF INTERNET FRAUD ON NIGERIA'S IMAGE IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
(2024) Salihu Hammed Alabi; Martins Olanrewaju Atunde
Nigeria is a federal republic made up of 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory, which is home to the nation's capital, Abuja. Lagos is the biggest city in Nigeria and the largest metropolitan region in both Africa and the world. More than 250 ethnic groups who speak 500 different languages and identify with a wide range of cultures live in the multinational state of Nigeria, while the three main ethnic groups are the Hausa in the north, the Yoruba in the west, and the Igbo in the east. Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa, ranking 39th in the world in terms of nominal GDP and 27th in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), according to Abubakari (2022). Nigeria is often referred to as the Giant of Africa due to its size and economy. Given its ongoing political unrest and economic regression, it is already difficult for Nigeria to retain its position as the continent's largest nation; things will only get worse now that it is one of the nations that commit the most cybercrimes worldwide. According to a July 2021 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) analytics insight report, Nigeria topped the list of the top 10 countries in the world for scammers, followed by China, India, and Brazil (FBI, 2021). Accordingly, Nigeria was identified as the focal point and source of malicious cyber activity in the FBI's Internet Crime Report for 2021, ranking it first among African countries based on the volume of complaints received from the USA (466,501), United Kingdom (303,949), Canada (5,788), and India (3,131). This is linked to individuals (nickname "yahoo-boys") who exploit the vulnerabilities in online systems, and make use of available internet-based services for fraudulent activities