ABSTRACT This research analyzes indirectness in selected utterances of characters in Dul Johnson’s Melancholia. It aims to identify how characters in the play deployed direct and indirect speech act in their conversations. It also examines the effects of the indirect speech act on the hearers; and the motives of the characters for deploying speech act in their conversations. Meanwhile, this study adopts Searle’s Speech Act Theory (SAT) 1969. The researcher finds out that characters deploy...
ABSTRACTSome Organizations see communication as a normal routine of daily organizational activity. This study set out to explore ‘the impact of effective communication on organizational performance with NOUN as case study with 53 sample size selected at stratified random sampling. The study finds that: the extent to which communication techniques affects productivity in NOUN is high. (X2c = 40.8 > X2t = 9.49; α = 0.05)..Similarly, the extent to which communication channel affect efficiency...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page--------i Declaration--------ii Certification--------iii Dedication--------iv Acknowledgements-------v Table of Contents-------vi List of Tables --------xi List of Abbreviations------xiii Abstract--------xv CHAPTER ONE:INTRODUCTION 1.1Background to Study-----1 The conventional library-----1 The Electronic Library-----2 Management in the E-library----3 Nigerian university library-----4 1.2Statement of the Problem-----5 1.3Research Question------6 1.4Objectives of ...
ABSTRACT As reality is said to be reflected in film, this study was conducted to comprehend the variances to the subject of political apathy amongst Nigerian youths as depicted in the movie, King of Boys. The theories social realism (film) theory and agenda-setting theory were adopted to identify ongoing issues that have an impact on people’s daily lives and how the media has an impact on a given subject matter placed on a public agenda. The study adopted quantitative research design with...
Community participation is the active engagement of people in solving their developmental problems and it is essential for the success of developmental programs. For community participation to happen all stakeholders need to be part and parcel of the process from the beginning to the end. The community members who are the major stakeholders should be actively involved and engaged in the order they can air out their issues and concerns to possess a meaningful impact and outcome. It is goo...
The word “Theology” is derived from two Greek words, theos and logos which in English mean “the study or discourse of God” and implies that those who undertake to study God will learn a great deal about God’s nature, actions and attitudes. House argues that from learning about God, the student would in turn discover how God relates to the created world, including the human race and that all analyses begin with God and flow to other vital subjects. So, the Old Testament Theology can ...
ABSTRACT Environmental degradations are the aftermath of human intrusion into nature. Disputes arise due to the impact of degradations that affect the ecosystem’s continuous functioning. Research has shown that most environmental conflicts are resolved through litigation with attendant drawbacks in achieving a resolution. Some drawbacks include legal technicalities, the time taken in litigation, the victim’s inability to discharge the evidential burden revolving around the issue of expert...
ABSTRACT The persistence of Boko Haram insurgency impinges upon Nigeria’s relations with US, which have been cordial but restricted. Researchers have divergent opinion about the extent U.S. should be committed in assisting Nigeria in countering Boko Haram insurgency. Researches on the interconnectivity between Boko Haram insurgency and Nigeria’s-US military-security partnership, trade and aid are inadequate and do not reflect current developments. Consequently, the study set out to exam...
Abstract This study examines the interface between the Commonwealth integration and Nigerian foreign policy. The thrust of the study however is to ascertain whether the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria has significantly impacted on Nigeria’s Common-wealth economic relations. The study also investigates the extent to which the frameworks of democracy have enabled the Commonwealth impact on social welfare in Nigeria. Relying on Dependency theory derived from the political economy paradi...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of work and occupational stress on employee’s job satisfaction. Two hundred and fifty (250) participants were used for the study. Two hypotheses involving shift and non-shift work, high and low occupational stress were tested. Two instruments were used to measure the variables of interest. A 2 x 2 factorial design was adopted resulting in the use of 2-way ANOVA for data analysis. The result shows a statistically significant influence of shift ...
TABLE OF CONTENT Pages Title Page i Certification ii Dedication iii Acknowledgmentiv Abstract v Table of Content vi CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 History of Advertising 2 1.2 Historical Background of Unilever Nigeria Plc 4 1.3 Statement of Problems 6 1.3 Purpose of the Study 3 1.4 Objectives of the Study 7 1.5 Research questions 7 1.6 Research Hypothesis 7 1.7 Research ...
The history of broadcasting in Nigeria can be traced back to 1932 when Lagos started to relay the British empire service from Daventry, England. The establishment of Western Nigeria Television on October 31, 1959 by Obafemi Awolowo, in his capacity as the premier of Western Nigeria. The history of television broadcasting in Nigeria has shown that it has always been a government affair. The deregulation of the industry on January 7, 1992 by former military head of state...
Despite the processing and propagation of library resources, a key trait of a university library is the services based around personal interaction between users and the library staff. Libraries should make sure that these services show proper levels of customer care and that the information given to the users is useful and at the right level(Loughborough University Library, 2005). Retting (1993) has pointed out that the distinguishing features of reference include a staff designated to provid...
ABSTRACT The study was a cross-sectional design to investigate psychological ownership and organisational trust as predictors of organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) among bank workers to increase the understanding of the ability of psychological ownership and organisational trust to predict citizenship behaviours in organizations. The following hypotheses were stated: that psychological ownership will not significantly predict organisational citizenship behaviour of Bank workers and th...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles of communication, age and education in marital conflict among couples. Survey, with crosssectional design was adopted in the study. 200 married couples, 100 male and 100 female, age range of 22-70, mean age of 42 years, participated in the study. The participants were drawn from Nsukka Urban. Volunteers were sought from among local Government staff, business men and women. The self-report conflict behavior scale (SRCBS) was used ...