Swot Analysis as a Tool for Measuring Organizational Performance

for Economic Recovery and National Development (A Case Study

of Federal Polytechnic, Bida)

Abdullahi Ndagi Yakubu & Salihu Shehu & Mohammed Musa Dankare             1-15

Stress Management among Academics: A Proposed Framework

Michael Olalekan Adeoti, Emmanuel Adesola Oluremi, Gatha Elizabeth

&Elizabeth Ijeoma Adeoti                                                                             16-33

An Assessment of the Impact of Work-Family Interface on Quality of

Worklife of Selected Bank Employees in Port Harcourt: An Expository

Factor Analysis Approach

Nkpah, Young Aakpege                                                                                 34-53

Work-Family Interface and Quality of Work-Life of Bank Employees

 in Selected Banks in Port Harcourt

Nkpah, Young Aakpege                                                                                 54-72

WORK-FAMILY INTERFACE AND QUALITY OF WORK-LIFE OF BANK EMPLOYEES IN SELECTED BANKS IN PORT HARCOURT

Nkpah, Young Aakpege

Department of Sociology,

University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

E-mail:youngitize2020@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

In this study on work-family interface and quality of work life of bank employees using (10) ten banks in port Harcourt metropolis, attempt has been made to elucidate  bank working system with particular reference to gauging the prevailing work-family conflict of bank staff in relation to the engineering of quality of worklife. The study revealed that effect differences by gender is not biologically given but rather socially derived; it also revealed that an individual experience within the family and within the workplace can simultaneously benefit and undermine functioning at home and at work which greatly influence his perceive quality of worklife. The study recommends that various provisions for quality of worklife (QWL) should be made proportional to the number of staff designed to work in the bank. Such outcomes should be appraised on the basis of code of corporate governance for banks in Nigeria post consolidation by CBN.

Keywords: Work –family interface(WFI), Quality of worklife (QWL), Meso-system, Macro-system, Micro –system.       

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF WORK-FAMILY INTERFACE ON QUALITY OF WORKLIFE OF SELECTED BANK EMPLOYEES IN PORT HARCOURT: AN EXPOSITORY FACTOR ANALYSIS APPROACH

Nkpah, Young Aakpege

Department of Sociology,

University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

E-mail:youngitize2020@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

The paper is an assessment of the impact of work family interface on quality of worklife of selected bank employees in Port Harcourt. Past and extant work-family  research have often suggested that the effective management of the interface between work and domestic life remains a central challenge for employer and employees across institutional contexts. Quality of work life which allows for union activities are frowned at in the banks. It follows that the prevailing provision, for quality of worklife are unfavourable for the achievement of customer satisfaction, excellences shared ambitions and tenacity of bank reforms. Three variables each from quality of worklife of bank staff (QWLBS) and three from work-family interface  of bank staff (WFIBs)were carefully decoded, classified using factor analysis with all the rating data on different attributes and reduced down to a few important dimensions. The study revealed that external variables affect the condition of work-family interface and quality of worklife in the studied banks. The study further recommends that socio-cultural variable should be taken into consideration in designing both the technical and social components of jobs.

Keyword: Work Family Interface (WFI), Quality of worklife, Factor Analysis, Humanization of Work , Banking System.

STRESS MANAGEMENT AMONG ACADEMICS: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK

Michael Olalekan Adeoti¹, Emmanuel Adesola Oluremi¹, Gatha Elizabeth¹&Elizabeth Ijeoma Adeoti²

¹Department of Business Administration and Management, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Nigeria

²Lizzy Xclusive, Bida

Email: michaelolalekanadeoti@gmail.com

ABSTRACT  

This paper examined the moderating influence of workplace spirituality on the relationship between work pressure, work overload, work environment, financial pressure and stress among academics. The purpose of this study is to propose a framework and state propositions. It is a conceptual paper which reviewed previous empirical studies on the antecedents of stress and workplace spirituality. Drawing from effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and job demand control (JDC) models, there will be a positive relationship between perceived work pressure, work overload, unfavourable work environment, financial pressure and stress. It is recommended that the regulators and administrators of tertiary institutions need to be aware of the causative factors of stress and the need to employ strategies to minimize the negative emotional, psychological, physiological, and health-related consequences of stress among academics. Also, there is a need to encourage spirituality in the workplace among academics as antidote to stress. In conclusion, it is worthy to note that this paper extended research on stress management by proposing a framework that employed workplace spirituality as a moderator. However, there is a need for empirical studies to test the proposed model. 

Keywords: Stress, work pressure, work environment, financial pressure, and workplace spirituality.

SWOT ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR MEASURING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, BIDA)

Abdullahi Ndagi Yakubu & Salihu Shehu & Mohammed Musa Dankare

Department of Marketing

The Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State.

Email: ndyakubu1976@yahoo.com, Shehumunir2005@yahoo.com, fawwazkdk@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Business environment is increasingly and constantly changing. There is therefore uncertainty about the future as new situations such as technological advancement, new societal trends, new economic forces or newly enacted government regulations emerge. This study appraises the company SWOT analysis as a tool for measuring organizational performance for economic recovery and national development. In carrying out the investigation, the researcher adopted both primary and secondary source of data source, survey method of research in which questionnaire and personal interview were used as a major instrument for data collection. The sample size used was 25 out of over 100 administrative staff of federal polytechnic Bida. Hypothesis was formulated and tested with the statistical instrument called chi-square and goodness of fit test. The study revealed that SWOT analysis is an important tool for many organizations in evaluating themselves as against the environment. It takes into consideration what the organization’s capabilities and their limitations and well as the opportunities and threats present in the environment in which they operate and recommended that, there is a need for financial improvement for the organization to be able to strive better, also, despite enough staff there is a need for staff training in order to improve on organization performance.

Keynotes: SWOT, Analysis, Organization, Performance.