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2023 Faculty of Education

Relationship between Self Efficacy, Interpersonal Relationship and Learning Behaviour

Owoh Stella Ozioko

2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES | Pp. 18-22

Self-efficacy proposes that confidence in personal ability to carry out a behavior influences the direction,intensity, and persistence of behavior. It is likely that individuals who have high self-efficacy about learningwould perceive fewer barriers to their...

2023 College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Overhauling Nigeria’s Economy through Skill Acquisition

Chinweuba, Ani Ephraim G.

2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES | Pp. 5-9

Economic recession has serious negative impacts on government revenue, employment, income vulnerability,inflation, human health, infrastructural supply, poverty and natural resource management in Nigeria. The result isevident in firms folding up due to dramat...

2023 Faculty of Education

Evaluation of Incremental Budgeting System in Nigeria

Ugwu Jovita Nnenna; Eze Chidinma Esther

2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES | Pp. 5-9

The commonest approach used in preparing budget in Nigerian tertiary institutions is incremental budgeting (IB).This involves a method where the previous year budget figures will be reviewed, usually upward to accommodateany expected increase in the following...

2023 College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Changing the Narrative of Election Monitoring in Nigeria: The Role of Citizen Journalism

Chinweuba, Ani Ephraim G.

2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES | Pp. 1-4

Election in Nigeria is often marred by electoral malpractices. This study assessed the changing narrative in theelection process in Nigeria owing to citizen journalism. Situated within the context of Democratic Participant MediaTheory, this paper maintains th...

2023 Faculty of Business and Management

Challenges of Flood Risk Management in Nigeria: the way forward

Onoh Purity Ifeoma Eze

2023 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES | Pp. 13-23

There has been an observation that while the increased incidence of floods in recent times has increased levels ofawareness and raised the tempo of flood management activities in Nigeria, there is a general lack of coordinationand integration across several i...

2023 Faculty of Business and Management

Record keeping and operational accountability in Mutara sub-county Mitooma district, Western Uganda

Samanya Bulhan; Beyogyera Naboth

2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES | Pp. 20-26

This research aimed at establishing the relationship between record keeping andoperational accountability in Mutara sub-County Mitooma. Descriptive survey design wasused during the process of data collection. Both qualitative and quantitative data wereused. T...

2023 Faculty of Education

Prospects and Challenges of Sustainable Development in Africa

Ugwu Jovita Nnenna; Tom Mulegi; Asiati Mbabazi; Eze Chidinma Esther

2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND ENGLISH | Pp. 6-12

Despite attempts by African governments to achieve Sustainable Development, there is agrowing perception that Africa may fail in achieving the goals. This perception is fueledpartly by the evidence that while the world is undergoing rapid change, which is dri...

2023 Faculty of Education

Motivation and employees’ performance in Local Governments in Uganda; A case study of Kabalore District local Government

Samanya Bulhan; Komuhendo Irene

2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES | Pp. 11-19

This research assessed the impacts of motivation on employees’ performance in Kabaloredistrict local government in Uganda. The researcher used a cross sectional research design.A sample size of 64 respondents was studied; the researcher used purposive and sim...

2023 Faculty of Education

Challenges Confronting Community Newspapers in Meeting Aesthetics Standards

1Ugwu Jovita Nnenna; Asiati Mbabazi; Tom Mulegi; Eze Chidinma Esther

2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION AND ENGLISH | Pp. 1-5

Aesthetics deals with the beauty of an object or subject. Aesthetics has the power ofdrawing the readers to feel and experience what the artists have felt and experienced. Thispaper therefore examined the challenges affecting community newspapers in meetingae...

2023 Faculty of Education

Barriers to Women Leadership

Ugwu Jovita Nnenna; Tom Mulegi; Asiati Mbabazi; Eze Chidinma Esther

2023 | IDOSR JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES | Pp. 6-10

Women have made significant strides over the past half a century in terms ofadvancements into the workforce. However, it is well-documented that women occupytop executive positions in politics and industry much less frequently than men. Bias anddiscrimination...