The psychological contract is an important area of study to human resource 

researchers and practitioners. Increasing recognition of the importance of human 

resources in enhancing organizational performance, coupled with wider concerns 

about reputation and competitions have made the issues of psychological 

contract of relevance to researchers and those managing organisations. This 

study is a response to the call for more study in the developing countries and 

non-western culturally based societies. Employees’ turnover is now a cardinal 

issue in Nigerian banking industry. Employee turnover intention is greater than 

normal in banks and therefore serves as a key threat to the existence of most 

banks. It is posited that psychological contract influence employee intention to 

leave an organization. The study aimed to investigate the direct influence of 

psychological contract on turnover intention. Cross sectional survey method was 

used in collecting data from 530 samples. Regression analysis was conducted to 

test the hypotheses (based on confirmatory factor analysis). The findings 

revealed that balanced psychological contract have more negative significant 

influence on employee turnover intention in the Nigerian banking industry than 

other dimensions of psychological contract. Therefore, it is recommended that 

managers should align the perceptions of employees toward making them to 

perceive the banking environment as a good platform for career progression.

This paper examines if significant difference exists in the work behaviour of employees 

based on nature of employment (permanent or temporary). Survey method was used to 

conduct the study and the study respondents were employees of Guaranty Trust Bank in 

Ilorin metropolis, a judgmental sampling technique was used to select 107 employees; 

questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. 98 copies of 

questionnaire were returned and only 90 copies were found to be useful for analysis. 

Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyse the data after it was found that the distribution 

of the sample data was deviating from normal based on the Shapiro-Wick result. Two 

hypotheses were tested to achieve the study objectives. The two hypotheses show that 

significant differences existed in the work commitment level and labour turnover 

intentions of employees due to the differences in their nature of employment. The results 

showed that, comparatively, job commitment level of individuals on temporary nature of 

appointment was lower than those on permanent appointment. Employees on temporary 

nature of appointment had a higher tendency of leaving the organization compared with 

those on permanent nature of appointment. Based on the above, the study concluded that 

temporary nature of appointment had negative effects on work behaviours of bank 

employees. The study thus recommended that utilization of temporary nature of 

appointment should be discouraged in order to reduce labour turnover prospect and 

improve the commitment level of all and sundry in the organisation.

The descriptive survey research design was adopted to investigate the 

relationship of parental involvement with academic self-efficacy and interest 

among senior secondary school students. The simple random sampling technique 

was used to select the one hundred and twenty seven (127) secondary school 

students for the study. A self-constructed questionnaire was the instrument of 

data collection. The results indicated that there was no significant relationship 

between parental involvement and academic self-efficacy. Similarly, learners’ 

interest was not significantly related with parental level of education. However, 

there was a significant positive relationship between parental involvement and 

learners’ interest. The study further indicated a significant relationship between 

parental level of education and academic self-efficacy. The need for all parents, 

irrespective of their educational background, to be involved in the school life of 

their wards was emphasized.

In Nigeria, despite massive religious involvement, the problem of most adolescents in recent times is that 

they lack social competence due to psychological inhibition such as spiritual abuse. Thus, this study utilised 

both Dialectical Behaviour and Acceptance- Commitment Therapies in improving social competence of 

adolescents who are victims of spiritual abuse. The research adopted a pre-test, post-test and control group 

quasi-experimental design with a 3x3x2 factorial design. Results showed that Dialectical Behaviour and 

Acceptance-Commitment Therapies had significant main effects on the social competence of the spiritually 

abused adolescents. Also, Acceptance-Commitment Therapy was the most effective method in enhancing 

social competence of spiritually abused adolescents when compared with the Dialectical Behaviour 

Therapy (M= 382.39, SD = 8.24) and the control group (M= 342.91, SD = 9.44) respectively. Spiritual 

abuse has no significant effect on participants social competence. This means that there is no significant 

main effect of spiritual abuse on social competence of the participants. Further, there was no significant 

main effect of gender on social competence. This means that there was no gender difference in social 

competence. It is recommended that therapists working should employ both techniques in improving social 

competence skills among adolescents particularly those with spiritual abuse.

This study investigated the extent to which locus of control and organizational 

climate predicts occupational burnout among federal road safety workers. A subsample of 276 Federal Road Safety Commission personnel in Ondo State, 

Nigeria participated in the study. They comprised of 150 men and 126 women. 

Their ages ranged from 21 to 53 years with a mean of 34.97 years and SD 7.1). 

Data on locus of control, perceived organizational climate and occupational 

burnout were collected using structured questionnaire. Three hypotheses were 

tested using the linear multiple regressions. Results showed that locus of control 

perceived and organizational climate led to reduced occupational burnout. The 

findings suggested that, in order to reduce occupational burnout among 

employee of the Federal Road Safety Commission, appropriate training an d 

development workshops on handling burnout should be regularly organized .

This study examined the relationship between electronic recruitment and human 

resource management in a Nigerian Bank. It is also evaluated whether electronic 

recruitment mechanism has enhanced human resource management, staffing 

goals and objectives. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. One 

hundred participants were randomly selected for the study. The study made use 

of a self-designed questionnaire titled recruitment and human resources 

management as instrument of data collection. Two hypotheses were stated and 

analysed using Pearson Moment Correlation. The results of the study revealed 

that electronic recruitment mechanism was significantly related with human 

resources management (staffing goals and objectives). Also, the result revealed 

that there was a significance relationship between human resources management 

and employees’ performance and competence. Based on the findings, it was 

recommended that financial institutions should imbibe e-recruitment as part of 

the operational component of their human resource strategies.

The study investigated psycho-social factors (family background, parents’ socioeconomic status, and self-concept) in school adjustment among in-school 

adolescents’. Two hundred senior secondary school students participated in this 

study. The results showed that there was a significant influence of peer group on 

in school adjustment among in-school adolescents. There was no significant 

difference between male and female secondary school students on school 

adjustment. Finally, there was a significant relationship between self-concept and 

school adjustment among in-school adolescents. Consequent upon these 

findings, peer group and development of self-concept is to maintain if not verify 

one’s existing view of oneself, to see oneself accurately, and to maintain a 

positive image of oneself of school adjustment of in-school adolescents. On the 

basis of these findings, it was recommended that in order to impact positive 

development of self-concepts in students, the parents, teachers and counsellors 

should provide the students adequate orientation towards the development of 

positive self-concept and self-confidence.

This study investigated gender differences in quality of life among 150 

(male = 75 and female = 75) selected students from a state polytechnic in 

Nigeria. Their ages ranged from 19 to 34 years with a mean age of 28.2 

years. Data on quality of life and some demographic variables were 

collected using structured questionnaire. Results indicated no significant 

gender differences in quality of life among the respondents. This 

suggested that both male students had comparable levels of quality of 

life. The findings were discussed in the context of the existing literature, 

and suggestions were offered on how to enhance the quality of life of 

students.