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Item Impact of personality and structural design on job satisfaction among bank workers(2001-07) Ekore, J. O.; Balogun, S. K.; Tamen, FThe aim of the study was to examine the impact of personality and changes in office design on employees job satisfaction among bankers. The 98 participants were drawn from 4 commercial banks in 2 southwestern cities namely Lagos and Ibadan. The participants had a mean age of 51 years and standard deviation of 3.85 for males and a mean age of 32 years and a standard deviation of 3.3 for female participants. The instrument used for the collection of data were the introversion (extraversion scales of the Eysenck personality Questionnaire, and job satisfaction index. Result showed that Extroverts (mean = 65: 74) experienced significantly higher job satisfaction than introverts (mean = 58.84), F=(1,94) = 8.50, p<.05. Employees in open systems (mean=63.56) experienced significantly higher job satisfaction than those in closed systems (mean=57.32) F=(1,94)=6.29, p<.05. However, personality and office design did not show significant interaction effect on job satisfaction F(1,94)=1.25, p<.O5 The implication of the study are that banks and other service organization need to ascertain the suitability of their workers to different job conditions. Similarly, the importance of workplace/ environment design and its overbearing effects on employee productivity need to be recognized by service and manufacturing organizationsItem Thank God my car is born again so Am I: naturalistic observation of religious inscriptions on vehicles in Nigeria(2008) Balogun, S. K.; Shenge, N. A,; Idegwu, I. G.The study investigated the frequency of religious inscriptions, the use of religious stickers, and religious orientation amongst vehicle owners in Lagos city of Nigeria. A naturalistic observation of 430 cars, 140 commercial buses and 40 trailers was carried out at first, then a sample of 100 participants (68 males and 32 females) selected from a cross section, of private car owners, and commercial drivers in Lagos metropolis were given questionnaire to-complete. The independent variable was religion. The dependent variable was measured with Sticker use and Religious Behaviour Scale (SRBS) (X=39.90; S.D 6.09) and Religious Orientation Questionnaire (ROQ) (X = 12.58); S.D = 4.44). The results obtained revealed that four hypotheses were significant. With this, it was concluded that though there are more religious stickers than other stickers 011 cars and other vehicles in Nigeria, religious sticker use does not imply religiousity.Item An assessment of helping behaviour of University of Ibadan campus resident Students(2001) Balogun, S. K.; Shenge, N. A,Item Typology of human behavioral traits for strategic customer relations(2001) Balogun, S. K.; Shenge, N. A,This paper examined trait, personality, attitude and behaviour as they relate to strategic customer relations practice. Defined as a generalized and focalized neuropsychic system (peculiar to the individual) with the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide consistent forms of adaptive and expressive behaviour, trait was observed to have more than nominal existence. Attitude, on the other hand was defined as the constellation of those relatively enduring traits that characterize one individual from the other just as personality was seen as the overall effect the individual has on other-people. While also bringing to bear the relevance of type A and B behaviour and self concept on strategic customer relations, the paper stressed the need for public relations practioners to, as a matter of regularity, employ psychological principles in the practice of their profession. This was based on the paper's assertion that such employment of psychological principles will maximize public relations results.Item Women and leadership: what is the noise all about?(The Nigerian Psychological Association, 2000-07) Shenge, N. A.; Balogun, S. K.The controversy surrounding the issue of women and leadership position is as old as the history and creation of women itself. The issue, if not "liberation of women" from whatever perceived bondage, would be that of "equality with men", or of recent that of "women empowerment". This controversy would be this heated up if the creation of women and their assigned roles is traced from biblical injunction and that, which is naturally and socially determined. A woman, though as a human being may aspire to whatever height in any chosen field she so desires, should not do so at the expense of the role assigned her by nature for which she is best suited. This view is what the paper would attempt to elucidate to show why energy should not be dissipated on whether women should ''fight'' what should be the norm rather than exception on leadership matters. After all, what is leadership if placed in its right perspective?Item Personality and need factors in career aspirations of prospective Nigerian University undergraduates(Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2000-06) Balogun, S. K.; Shenge, N. A,This research examined personality and need factors in career aspiration of prospective Nigerian University undergraduates. It identified the career needs of 454 introverted and extroverted secondary school students preparing for Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination. Subjects career aspirations, defined as a person's conscious desire, intention and efforts which are aimed at getting involved in a sequence of occupations, jobs and positions in his or her lifetime, cut across 8 different occupational groupings. Personality factors were defined as behavioural attributes or characteristics which an individual is distinctly identified with in some known or unknown degrees and over an enduring period of time. Need factors described those things or benefits which attract a person to aspire to make a certain career. Using partial correlation and Pearson correlation statistics, subjects' responses on career aspiration need questionnaire were analyzed. Results showed a general dominance of money, and popularity needs among subjects in the different occupational grouping Discussion centred on the need for understanding individual and group differences as a way of maximizing organizational productivity and individuals' job satisfaction. The practical implications of the findings for occupational counseling and job placement were also mentioned.Item Successful ageing: a psychosocial perspective(Stirling-Harden Publishers (Nig.) Ltd., 2001) Balogun, S. K.; Shenge, N. A,Item Fear of sudden death and dying among resident postgraduate students of University of Ibadan(2000) Shenge, A. N.; Balogun, S. K.