Title:
UNIONISM AND WELFARE OF LECTURERS IN PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

Authors:
UBAH, Christopher Ikechukwu and NKEDISHU, Victor Chukwubueze

Abstract:
This study investigated unionism and welfare of lecturers in private universities, Delta State, Nigeria. The study adopted the ex-post-facto design of descriptive method. Stratifies sampling technique was adopted to sample 115 respondents from a population 384 teaching. Instrument used to obtain data was entitled Unionism and Welfare of Lecturers Questionnaire (UWLQ). For statistical analysis, research questions were analysed using mean scores and standard deviation. While hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Findings show that unionism affects welfare of lecturers by improving workers’ wages, advance employment conditions amongst others. Perception of lecturers in private universities on the operation of unions is that unionism should be allowed and lecturers should belong to the same union as their counterparts in public universities. It was recommended among others that unionism is the only legal means to voice out lecturers’ opinions and intentions as such, private universities should allow the establishment of unions in their institutions.

Keywords:
Unionism, Welfare, Lecturers, Private Universities, Delta State

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4222