IMPACT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ON INDUSTRIAL CONFLICTS RESOLUTION IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
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2015
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Faculty of Management Sciences, university of ilorin, ilorin, Nigeria
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Nigeria has recently witnessed a huge increase in the number of industrial actions. No day passes in Nigeria without strikes or threats of strikes in one form or another. In fact, industrial actions have become so endemic in Nigeria that even our courts would be prepared to take judicial notice of them. In the light of this, to avert this unhealthy trend, the promotion and development of collective bargaining has been proclaimed to be the most desirable medium n settling industrial conflicts in a work environment. This study is designed to critically examine the impact of collective bargaining on industrial conflicts resolution in Nigerian public universities. The study targeted academic staff of both states and federal universities in South-West geo-political zone of Nigeria, owing to their active participation in industrial actions. The sample size of 600 academic staff were selected from 6000 ASUU members in South-West geo-political zone. The use of collective bargaining has been found to have meaningfully contributed to industrial peace and harmony as well as effective medium in checking incidents of strikes, labour unrests and brain drain in Nigerian public universities. Hence, government should recognize and strengthen collective bargaining to have conducive atmosphere in Nigerian Universities.
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Collective bargaining, Industrial Conflict, Resolution, Public Universities
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Adeoti, J. O. & Omolabi, I. (2015). Impact of collective bargaining on industrial conflicts resolution in Nigerian public university. Ilorin Journal of Management Sciences (IJMS).2(2); 104–120, Published by Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria