Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Theses and Dissertations

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    An Evaluation Of Accident Control Strategies In Selected Industries In Lagos State, Nigeria
    (Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife., 2005) Ayodele, Rachael Abimbola
    This study examined the physical working conditions in relation to accident causation in selected industries in Lagos State. It also assessed the effectiveness of specified accident control strategies with the ultimate objective of making suggestions for improving the implementation of the strategies in industries.
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    Effect of Literacy Education and Social Capital on Rural Women's involvement in Community Development in Southwestern Nigeria
    (Department of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife., 2014) Babalola, Adejoke Clara
    The study examined the level of women's involvement in community development projects in rural communities in Southwestern Nigeria. It also assessed the influence of women's literacy level on their level of involvement in community development projects and investigated the influence of social capital on women's involvement in developmental projects in their communities. Furthermore, it determined the interaction effect of literacy education and social capital on women's involvement in community development projects.
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    An examination of self-serving bias in attribution for sports performance.
    (Department of Physical health Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., 1997) Ogungbenro, Akanmu Ogunbunmi.
    This study examined the attributions made by male and female athletes for their team's success or failure in team sport competition. A total of 180 subjects, made up of ninety-seven male and eighty-three female athletes who completed for their respective Universities in four selected team sports, (basketball, handball, hockey, and volley ball), during the 1995 West African Universities Game (WAUG) at the University of Benin in Nigeria, took part in the study. Rotter's (1966) Internal-external locus of control (LOC) sale, an attribution questionnaire and oral interview guide were used to collect data for the study.
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    Leadership styles of directors of sports and job performance of sports councils' staff in selected Southeastern States, Nigeria.
    (Department of Physical and Health Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., 2013) Inengite, Idisape.
    This study examined the level of job performance of staff of sports councils in selected states inSoutheastern Nigeria. It identified the leadership styles employed by Dierctors of Sports in the councils and determined the extent to which each of the leadership styles enhanced job performance of staff of the Sports Councils. It also examined the influence of gender, status, experience, qualification and age of Directors of Sports Councils on job performance of sports Council's staff. These were with a view to improving the job of staff of sports Councils.
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    Validity of the joint matriculation examination for admission and its predictive value for academic performance of students in Nigerian Univeristies.
    (Department of Eductional foundations and counselling, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria., 1991) Ndem, Udo Dickson.
    This study investigated the usefulness of the Joint Matriculation Examination (JME) in admitting students into Nigerian Universities. Specifically, the study set out to examine the performace of different categoriews of candidates who sat for JME and to assess the subsequent university academic performance of such students.