Browsing by Author "Johnson, T. Oyeleke"

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    Socio-Demographic Factors as Determinants of Risk Perception among Security Officers in Private Organisations in Ibadan, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2017) Johnson, T. Oyeleke; Isiaka, Monsurat; Dele, Ajibewa
    The objective of the present paper was to find out the level of risk perception of the security personnel with respect to the different socio-demographic variables of gender, work experience, age marital status and educational qualification. Therefore, this study examined socio-demographic factors as determinants of perception of risk among security personnel in Ibadan. Nigeria. Cross-sectional research design was adopted. A total of 211 participants was surveyed and simple random sampling technique was used to sample respondents in this study. A structured questionnaire which focused on social demographic characteristics and risk perception scales was used to collect data from the respondents. Three hypotheses were tested at 0005 level using the t-test for independent samples and multiple regressionsanalysis. Results showed that risk perception of male respondents was significantly higher than the risk perception of their female counterparts t (200) = 3.552). Respondents who have just spent between 1-2 years in service scored significantly higher 011 perception of risk than participants who have spent 3 years and above among security personnel in Ibadan t (200) = 5.358). Age; marital status, educational qualification year of experience and rank jointly predicted perception of risks among security personnel with private 'security outfits in Ibadan, (R = .511; R2 =.261; F (5,196) = 11.467). Gender, age, marital status, educational qualification, years of experience and rank were important predictors of perception of risks among private security guards inIbadan.
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    Work, Family and Female Career Development in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
    (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 2018) Isiaka, Monsurat; Johnson, T. Oyeleke; Muhammed, Awaisu Haruna; Nasirudeen, Isma'il Ayatullah
    This research explores the work family challenges faced by women in the Nigeria Police Force and the effects on their career development. Female officers in Zone 7 (Abuja, Kaduna State adn Niger State) of the NPF were purposively selected for the study because of the location of the Nigeria Force Headquarters in the Zone. Force headquarters is where policewomen on the top ranks of the Police like the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) and Deputy Inspector General (DIG) can only be found. Qualitative methods were used to generate data.