Abstract Managerial psychology is a sub-discipline of Psychology or Management, focusing on understanding organization behaviour. Managerial psychology draws from frameworks and descriptions about the psychology and sociology of organizations and the institutional context of work and careers. This chapter introduces the reader to behavioural science concepts, constructs, theories, methods, and tools that are used and applied to issues that people encounter in their work and career. The chapte...
ABSTRACT The use of tobacco among adolescents has been recognized as prominent problem behaviour in recent years. This study investigated the psychosocial factors associated with smoking behaviour among secondary school adolescent smokers (N=200) in Ibadan metropolis. One hundred and forty six (73%) were males while fifty four (27%) were females. The study is a cross-sectional survey which adopted the expost facto research design. Each participant was administered a questionnaire consist...
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ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to examine the impact of personality and changes in office design on employees job satisfaction among bankers. The 98 participants were drawn from 4 commercial banks in 2 southwestern cities namely Lagos and Jbadan. The participants had a mean age of 51 years and standard deviation of 3.85 for males and a mean age of 32 years and a standard deviation of 3.3 for female participants. The instrument used for the collection of data were the introversion (extraver...
Abstract Background: It was the aim of the current research to investigate perceived service quality rendered by traditional medical practitioners and the role of socio-psychological factors in the perception. Methods: The first part, a quantitative cross-sectional survey utilized a 93-item questionnaire to examine the influence of quality of life, general health perception, socio-economic status and personality factors on perceived service quality. The second part, a qualitative study utiliz...
ABSTRACT This thesis tested and extended the Job Demands-Resources-Recovery model of work among nurses and teachers in the Tamale Metropolis in Ghana. First, it examined the direct effects of psychosocial work environment factors, job stress recovery experiences and psychological capital on specific employee wellbeing indicators such as burnout - exhaustion, cynicism, professional inefficacy; work engagement and career commitment. Second, it tested effects of certain psychosocial work environ...
ABSTRACT The study explores health seeking behaviour among people suffering from cardiovascular disorders in the New Juaben Municipality of Ghana, as a result of relationship between their personal experiences and their cultural worldview. This study was undertaken in an environment predominantly inhabited by Akans who hold the notion that health is maintained when there is a harmonious relationship between the individual and the environment and that there is no distinction between the physic...
ABSTRACT This empirical study examined leader-member exchange, psychological empowerment, and organizational trust as antecedents of organizational citizenship behaviour among teachers. Two hundred and fifty-five (255) teachers comprising 127 males and 128 females were randomly selected using a cross-sectional design from teachers of four secondary schools in Nsukka Local Government Area. Their ages ranged between 23 to 60 years. Four instruments that were locally standardized using Nige...
ABSTRACT In this study, the relationship between core self-evaluations, self-monitoring, supervisory support and taking charge was examined cross-sectionally among sales employees drawn from three (3) mobile money organizations. Supervisory ratings of subordinates’ taking charge behaviour were collected and matched with 200 subordinates’ self-ratings of core self-evaluations, self-monitoring and supervisory support characteristics .The researcher performed hierarchical regression ana...
ABSTRACT Stroke has been documented to be the second commonest cause of death, and a major disability in survivors. In sub-Saharan Africa, stroke is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in adults. There are a lot of challenges associated with stroke ranging from cognitive to behavioural changes as well as problems with perceived quality of life. The aim of the study was to examine the cognitive and behavioural changes as well as perceived quality of life of in individuals dia...
ABSTRACT Background: As compared to developed economies, stroke is a rising epidemic affecting mostly the younger workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), exerting a severe toll on the physical, psychoemotional, cognitive and social lives of its victims with a 3-year mortality rate of 84%. The occurrence of seizures lead to poor prognosis and increased mortality in stroke patients. Early screening for seizures and effective prognostication of the functional outcome of stroke may improve the out...
ABSTRACT Reducing the loss of life due to suicide has become a critical international mental health goal. Several researches in the field of suicide prevention have focused on the role of medical facilities, schools and other local or state organizations and the role of religious leaders as gatekeepers has been overlooked. Using a qualitative approach, the study explored the attitudes of Christian, Islamic and Traditional religious leaders within the Ga East Municipal District of Ghana toward...
ABSTRACT Stroke is a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa due to the high and adverse consequences of mortality and morbidity and its effects on survivors, family and caregivers in general. It accounts for 10% of the world’s total mortality rate and it is the highest cause of disability in adults; and the highest bed occupancy. In sub-Saharan countries, there is a great burden of stroke because it occurs among young population and unavailability of well-structured rehabilitation stra...
ABSTRACT Evidence indicates that persons with disability are more likely to be victims of violence and discrimination relative to people without disability. The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) estimates the number of persons with disability in Ghana to be about 3% of the population. Evidence from the existing literature consistently indicates that discrimination and violence are negatively associated with subjective well-being. However, there are few studies in Ghana that have examined the ...
ABSTRACT Global effort to fight corruption has become more intense because it is considered one of the most complex societal problems. Corruption in Ghana’s public service poses a significant risk to service delivery and national development. The upsurge and deeply rooted nature of corruption in the public service have been attributed to the breakdown of organizational integrity in these institutions. Corruption research in the public service is subsumed mainly under rationalistic assumptio...