Browsing by Author "Balogun Obasanjo Solomon"
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Item Entrepreneurship as a strategy for empowering female survivors of intimate partner violence in Lagos State, Nigeria(Department of Psychology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2022) Akangbe Tomisin Adedunmola; Fawole, Olufemi Adeniyi; Balogun Obasanjo SolomonAbstract Entrepreneurship has become accepted as an imperative means to improve livelihood, boost job creation and ensure economic independence. Economic dependence on their abusers is one of the reasons battered women may not quit abusive relationships, hence the need to have a steady means of sustenance both for themselves and their children. In-depth interview from ten female survivors of Intimate partner violence, were analysed using the content analysis procedure, which was further predicated on the 1988 Gondolf and Fisher Survivor theory. The study revealed that female survivors of IPV were able to cater to their needs through the financial aids received from the State Government and also through their participation in the skill training and acquisition programmes put in place by the State. Entrepreneurship, when embraced can be the solution to this over-reliance of women on their abusive partners. This paper looks at the role entrepreneurship can play in empowering women especially those who suffer economic abuse in intimate relationships.Item Organizational Factors Affecting Employees’ Commitment: A Study of Global Soap and Detergent Industry, Ilorin(Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti., 2017) Abdulbaqi Salihu Zakariya; Alaya Hafeez Ibrahim; Isiaq Abdulwaheed Atanda; Balogun Obasanjo SolomonAll commitment-based organizations have come to term with believe that employees organizational commitment contributes in no small measure to workforce stability, better customer service, increase business performance and productivity. In this study therefore, the researcher explores the factors which are likely to affect employees' organizational commitment in a manufacturing industry. A quantitative survey was conducted and data was collected by personally administered questionnaires from 147 respondents consisting of both management and staff of Global Soaps and Detergent Industry Ilorin. The data collected was processed and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics including Chi square and SPSS version 20. The results reveal that there is a significant relationship between different organizational factors and commitment of staff of the industry. Regression Co-efficient results also show that all factors that predicts organizational commitment are positively related. Factors affecting the organizational commitment of the workers include reward support from supervisor favourable conditions of the job among others. This Study has implications for managers HR Practitioners by exerting efforts in a way that organizations can easily retain their experienced human capital and reduce turnover. The findings also recommend that commitment-based organizations need to continue to reinforce organizational support for their staff to strengthen organizational commitment.