Managing Workplace Conflicts through Alternative Dispute Resolution in Nigeria: Lessons from other Jurisdictions
| dc.contributor.author | *Animashaun, O.* & Amuda-Kannike, A. SAN. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-05-14T10:34:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-05-14T10:34:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Before the advent of colonialism, customary arbitration and mediation were the norm. Colonial rule introduced common law and statutory arbitration. The observed shortcomings of litigation resulted in the adoption of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism in the quest for speedy and amicable resolution of conflicts. The usefulness of ADR in the settlement of disputes, especially commercial disputes such as debt settlement, contracts and workplace related conflicts need not be over emphasised. For instance, an employee whose employment has been terminated may be unable to sustain long term litigation due to the loss of his means of livelihood. Thus, ADR leads to speedy and amicable resolution of industrial and commercial conflicts and attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI). The attraction of FDI is easier in any polity where commercial transactions are speedily resolved; and this in turn confers a comparative advantage on such polity in international trade. This chapter therefore looks at the concept of court connected ADR in resolving conflicts with special emphasis on the workplace, the usefulness or otherwise of ADR, its practices in other jurisdictions especially in Australia and South Africa with copious reference to other common and civil law jurisdictions. The chapter thereafter offers appropriate recommendations | |
| dc.identifier.citation | *Animashaun, O.* & Amuda-Kannike, A. SAN, (2024): Managing Workplace Conflicts through Alternative Dispute Resolution in Nigeria: Lessons from other Jurisdictions. In Footprints of a Giant Festschrift in Honour of Prof. MM Akanbi, SAN, Abdulwahab O Issa et al (eds.) 122-138. Ilorin: KW. Published by KWASU Publishing, Co. ISBN: 978-978-59472-8-1 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 978-978-59472-8-1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/7153 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | KWASU Publishing, Co. | |
| dc.title | Managing Workplace Conflicts through Alternative Dispute Resolution in Nigeria: Lessons from other Jurisdictions | |
| dc.title.alternative | Footprints of a Giant Festschrift in Honour of Prof. MM Akanbi, SAN | |
| dc.type | Book chapter |