Institutional discrimination and the optimism of Nigerian fresh graduates about chances of employment

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dc.contributor.authorAgbonna, Ayorinde
dc.contributor.authorYuus, AbdulRaheem
dc.contributor.authorYusuf, Hamdallat
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-18T12:09:08Z
dc.date.available2019-06-18T12:09:08Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis study is a survey ofNigerianfresh graduates' optimism about getting employed and the institutional discriminatoryfactors they envisaged might work against their bid to get employed. Stratified random sampling technique was used to sample 548 corps members at the NYSC camp in Ilorin, Kwara State. Data were analyzed using percentages and chi-square statistics. Findings revealed that a high percentage ofNigerianfresh graduates (85.52%) were not optimistic about getting employed. Also, a high percentage of them (75.52 0/0) believed they would be discriminated against in the world- of- work on the ground of inadequate political power. However, using chi-square statistic, it was discovered that respondents' optimism differed across gender. Thus, it was recommended among other things that Nigerian government need to eradicate all forms of institutional discrimination so as to be able to tap the potentials of its youthful populationto the maximum level.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2201
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectInstitutional Discriminationen_US
dc.subjectGraduatesen_US
dc.titleInstitutional discrimination and the optimism of Nigerian fresh graduates about chances of employmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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