An evaluation of female labour input in the university educational system in Nigeria.
| dc.contributor.author | Ogbogu, Christiana Osaikhiuwu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-06T09:49:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-06T09:49:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.description | xix, 183p | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined the labour input of female university staff and the extent of their participation in the various job schedules in academic, administrative, and technical units of the Nigerian university system. It also examined the factors which had impact on the labour input of females with a view b to determining their effectiveness in the university system. The study adopted the survey research design utilizing both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through questionnaire administered on female staff using the purposive sampling technique. In order to compare labour input within each occupational category, questionnaire was administered on 730 females grouped into 381 academic, 225 administrative and 124 technical staff. Data gathered through the questionnaire bordered on the labour input of females, their job schedules and patterns of work, their experiences on the job and factors which affected their labour input. The secondary data were obtained from the official records of the universities, the National Universities Commission, academic journals, textbooks and the Internet. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics The study revealed that female non-academic staff outnumbered their counterparts in academia, comprising 81.0 % of the entire female labour force in Nigerian universities. The study further revealed that 27.6 % of the female administrative staff claimed that attending to files was a major job schedule they performed. Also, 42.7 % of them performed clerical duties while 55.6 % claimed that they do not chair committees. The female technical staff who indicated that the preparation of laboratory materials for practical classes was their major job schedule was 88.7 %. Those of them who did not perform duties related to the operation, maintenance and repairs of b laboratory equipment was 15.3 %. The female academic staff who contributed more to teaching was 71.3 %, while 19.7 % combined teaching and research duties effectively. In addition, 22.4 % of the female academic staff who made much impact in research were from southern universities. Regarding publications, 59.9 % of the female academics published a paper annually, 23.6 % published up to two papers, 1.0 % published three papers, while 15.7 % did not publish on an annual basis. Although a higher percentage of the female academic staff published a paper annually, they wished they could increase their publication rate. Results of the test of hypotheses showed a significant relationship between the gender attributes of females and their labour input in the Nigerian university system (x' = 13.47. P < 0.05). Secondly, economic and socio-cultural factors significantly affected female labour input (x* = 4.12, P < 0.05). Also, the environment and institutional practices in the university system significantly affected female labour input (x2 = 13.64, P < 0.05). Although 4.9 % of the female staff in all the three job categories found their various jobs interesting and challenging, 8 1.6 % of them experienced overcrowded work schedules, 9.3 % experienced subtle discrimination, while 2.1 % reported that xviii their job schedules were stressful and difficult due to lack of adequate working facilities. The study concluded that female staff in academia made modest contributions to teaching than research and the female administrative staff did not make much input in decision-making in their various units. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ogbogu, C. O. (2006). An evaluation of female labour input in the university educational system in Nigeria. Obafemi Awolowo University | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5019 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Obafemi Awolowo University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Female labour | en_US |
| dc.subject | University education research | en_US |
| dc.subject | Admnistrative staff | en_US |
| dc.subject | Academic journal | en_US |
| dc.subject | National university commission | en_US |
| dc.subject | Labour input | en_US |
| dc.subject | Labour | en_US |
| dc.title | An evaluation of female labour input in the university educational system in Nigeria. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |