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Item Building a safer workplace: factors influencing healthy work place among teaching staff in selected universities(Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, 2017) Ukpabi, D. I.; Ishola, A. A.The study, examined the combined influences of workplace environmental factors; work load, role ambiguity/conflict and class size on the work stress and wellbeing among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west, Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive research design survey type. Four of the oldest federal universities in the South-west were purposively selected. The choice of these universities was based on the fact that, they belong to the group of the oldest federal-owned universities, with large number of lecturers and similar conditions of Service, large proportion of staff as well as substantial volume of task. The universities were stratified into existing faculties; seven faculties were selected from three of the universities (Universities of Ibadan, University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta). The multistage sampling technique was used to select 1000 academic staff across the tour universities. Standardised instrument was used for data collection. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics of Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regressions at 0.05 level of significance. Results demonstrated that workplace environmental factors; work load, role ambiguity/conflict and class size accounted for 2% of change observed in (F(3,997)=12.07; R=0.19, p<.001). Work load (r=0.09) was the most important predictor of work stress and wellbeing; while class size, role ambiguity/conflict, protection, friendship and collegiality did not. Advice (r=-. 18, p<.05), feedback appraisal (r= 10, p<.05) and connectedness (r= -. 18, p<.05) predicted stress levels among academic staff. Institutional support variables; research assistance (r= -. 10, p<.05), opportunity(r= 17, p<.05) and promotion (r= 14, p<.05) were associated with lower stress levels. It was concluded that unavailability of flexible work load positively determined the work stress and wellbeing among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west Nigeria. The study submits that there is the need to improve upon the social support while effective institutional support should be provided toreduce work stress and improve the wellbeing among academic staff in the universities.Item Fund accessibility on research and output of academic staff in the University of Ibadan, Nigeria(2018-05) Isuku, E. J.; Bello, A. O.The problem in accessing funds for research by most university academics in Nigeria has imposed serious limitations to the growth of quality research output in the country. Thus, this study investigated the influence of fund accessibility on the research output of academic staff of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted study. The population comprised the entire academic staff of University of Ibadan. A total of 320 academic staffs were sampled via the simple random technique. Data were collected through self-designed questionnaire and checklist Questionnaire was used to measure the extent to which fund accessibility influence research output while checklist was used to show the six years (2011-2016) trend in research funding and the of fund accessibility in the University. The collected data were analyzed using level descriptive statistics (Frequency counts and percentages) and inferential statistics (Pearson Correlation. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that there is significant positive relationship between research fund accessibility and research output in the University of Ibadan. The stringent conditions attached to research grant, difficulty in the retirement process for the grant and inadequate information have made it difficult for university lecturers to access research grant This invariably has negative impact on the output of research (reduction in the research output). The study therefore recommends that university-based research grants be made readily, frequently, made and easily accessible to lecturers in the university for research output hat will enhance national social and economic developmentItem Workplace environmental factors and stress management among academic staff of federal universities in south- west, Nigeria(The Faculty of Education University of Port Harcourt, 2017-10) Momoh, A. M.; Ukpabi, D. I.Most academic staff have been found to be experiencing high level of stress, arising from long working hours, increased job demands. lack of control over work-pace and imbalanced work-life relationships. These in turns lead to feelings of worry, anxiety, anger, frustration, depression, high rates of hospitalisation and sudden deaths, and low performance. Previous studies have attempted to address this problem using mostly psychological and medical interventions with little emphasis on the degree of assistance available within the social and institutional networks in the university work environment. The study, therefore, examined the combined influence of workplace environmental factors (work load. role ambiguity/conflict and class size), social (career advice. connectedness and provision of feedbacks) and institutional (research assistance, promotion, collegiality. protection, friendship and opportunity) supports on the management of stress among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west. Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive survey design. Four of the oldest federal universities in the South-west were purposively selected. Two research hypotheses were tested for the study al 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and. Multiple Regression. Effective social support System coupled with opportunities for promotion and research assistance as well as availability of flexible work load positively determined the management of stress among academic staff in federal universities in the South-west. Nigeria. There is the need to improve upon thè social supports while effective institutional supports should be provided to enhance the stress management System among thè academic staff. In addition conducive and flexible work environment should be ensuredItem Social and institutional supports influence on stress management among academic staff in federal universities in South-West Nigeria(2016) Momoh, A. M.; Ukpabi, D. I.This study examined the combined influence of social (career advice. connectedness and feedbacks appraisals) and institutional (research assistance, promotion, collegiality) protection, friendship and opportunity) supports on the management of stress among academic staff in four selected federal universities in South-West, Nigeria. This study adopted the descriptive survey design. The universities were stratified into existing faculties. The proportional sampling technique was used to select 1000 academic staff Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level! of significance. Data were analysed using Pearson product moment correlation and content analysis. Effective social support system coupled with opportunities for promotion and research assistance as well as promotion positively determined the management of stress among academic staff in four(4) federal universities in the South-west Nigeria There is the need to improve upon the social supports while effective institutional supports should he provided to enhance the stress management system among the academic staff In addition conducive and flexible work environment should be ensured.Item Academic staff’s motivation for online teaching in Nigerian universities: empirical evidence from the University of Ibadan(2022-07) Itasanmi, S. A.; Oni, M. T.; Ekpenyong, V. O.; Ajani, O. A.; Omorinkoba, O. G.This study investigated the academic staff’s motivation for online teaching in Nigerian universities using a mixed-methods case study research design. The main instrument used for this study was a questionnaire named ‘Academic Staff’s Motivation for Online Teaching Survey (SMOTS)', which was complemented by in-depth interviews. A total of 195 academic staff across various academic faculties and units in the University of Ibadan participated in the study. Data analysis was done using frequency count, simple percentages, mean and standard deviation, while the in-depth interviews were thematically analysed. The result of the study revealed that the majority of the academic staff have not taught using online platforms before and their frequency of online teaching consideration is occasional. Additionally, they have a high perception of online teaching in terms of helping to learn new technology and encouraging intellectual challenges. The academic staff indicated that individual training opportunities, personal decisions and group training opportunities are among the major resources that can motivate them for online teaching. Likewise, the introduction to new technology for teaching, institutional expectation, and students’ enrolment are the major external motivating factors for online teaching. It was further revealed that most of the academic staff feel motivated to teach online. However, erratic power supply, work overload, and limited knowledge of e-learning stand as major hindrances to online teaching adoption among academic staff. This study has discovered the need for Nigerian university managements to vigorously embark on capacity building of academic staff for online teaching. This will help them to cultivate or enhance basic information and communication technology skills and other essential competencies needed to manage online learning environments