Abstract:
One of the major responsibilities of a labor union is to take up the welfare of its members. Frequent
industrial strike actions which Nigerian Labor Unions embarked on in the last five years has
negatively affected the economy of the country in different forms, especially in the area of
educational and research development in the country. This study carefully examines the effects of
staff unions on the Nigeria tertiary institution and the way forward with special focus three Labor
Unions, namely; Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, Senior Staff Association and Non-Academic
Staff Unions in a Nigeria tertiary institution. Descriptive statistics, inferential statistics of t-test and
multiple regression analysis model were designed to test the study hypotheses. The model developed
revealed the summary of the relationship between the effect of small group attitude and behavior
[independent] with group structure and group process [dependent] using the linear, and semi-log
regression analysis. Extracts from the outcomes in this study area revealed that it has been
established that small groups in an organization has significant effects on their influence on the
group structure and processes. These are obviously shown by the responses of the respondents to
increase in productivity, amenities, infrastructure, among others with the findings based on 180
respondents, 61.1%, and 57.0% agreed. It was concluded that management and government has to
improve the welfare of the unions as a small group to develop educational sector of the country. |
