Gbadebo Adejumo

Mis-use of land is now a threat to human survival because of its impact on environment and other social implications. This paper sought to identify various forms of land mis-use and to highlights son: of its attendant implications. This article uses a cross-national data available on land mis-use ·, substantiate its claims. The result indicated that most public and private landowners tamper with lana resources without considering its impact on the well being of the eco-system as a whole. The concern is limited to the financial costs and technical feasibility of projects intended to meet immediate narrmri' defined objectives. Behavioural implication of environmental pollution and implementation oj sustainable development plan as means of evolving solutions to problems that may arise from land mL1• use were highlighted

The relationship between the Socioeconomic Status (SES) of students and their academic 'achievement was examined in this study. The research was carried out on a randomly selected sample of 623 Junior Secondary School students from four secondary schools in Ado-Odo, Ota, Ogun State. The parental educational and occupational background was used as a measure of family social status. Student achievement is a score of the standardized Junior Secondary School Examination in English language organized by National Examination Council [NECO]. Parental Social Economic Status in particular has a significant and substantive independent effect on individual academic achievement.

The study investigated the influence of school type, school population and socioeconomic status of parents on secondary students' academic performance. Three hypotheses were postulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Survey research design was adopted to conduct the study. Participants included 680 students of public and private secondary schools in Akinyele L.GA of Oyo State selected through a simple random technique. Their age range was between 14- 18 yrs with a mean age of 15.7 yrs. The instruments used for data collection was a self-designed questionnaire that contain information on the independent variables and WASCE 2003/2004 results of participants. Results of data analysis using zero- order correlation and t-test statistical procedure indicated that the parental SES, school type, school population and general school environment can make a significant contribution to students' academic performance. On the basis of these findings, suggestions and recommendations were articulated

This paper discusses the important nature of communication in modern practice for school administrators. It looks at examples of the different types of technological means to facilitate effective communication. Two hypotheses were developed to examine the relationship between successful administration and effective communication. This study adopted the descriptive research of the ex-post facto type and multi-stage sampling technique was used to select participants for this study. In all 325 participants were selected made up of 125 staff and 300 students. One survey instrument was used in this study - Communication Effectiveness Rating Scale developed by these researchers. The findings of this study indicate that students do not value importance of communication in school and students perceived more problems militating against effective communication in school than staff

The arm of the study was to rdentrfy psychosocral rndrcators rn mrcro and macro mrlreus that reveal adolescents at hrgh risk of substance abuse The research usrng a representatrve sample was carrred out among 2,8 2 3 hrgh school students throughout Nigeria We devised a questronnarre to assess student's socro-economrc status, famrly functronrng, school functronrng, satrsfaction wrth lrfe, and relatronshrps wrth friends. Students in the group at risk of substance abuse differ from the students in the group not at risk. The most important variables that determine these differences are: a) respondents' attitudes towards their friends and acquaintances who smoke ciga rettes, drink alcohol, and use drugs; b) gender; and c) truancy. In addition, compared to adolescents that are not at risk, adolescents at risk function worse in a family and school milieu and are less satisfied with their life in general. Smoking cigarettes, alcohol consumption, and use of drugs are mainly associated with the use of these substances wit hin peer group. Therefore, to reduce the abuse of psycho-active substances, it is necessary to strengthen an individual's resistance to the social peer pressure and pay attention to the quality of relationships between adolescents as well as with their parents and teachers

Using a survey research with two hypotheses, the paper looks at the effect of job satisfaction on job performance in the university system using Covenant University as the case study. The research was carried out on a randomly selected sample of two hundred and twenty teaching staff from the two colleges in Covenant University, Ota i.e. College of Development Studies and College of Science and Technology. The paper uses remuneration and communication variable to measure Job Satisfaction while teaching effectiveness was used to measure performance. Guttmann Split-half test was used to get the reliability, which was 0.82. Responses were analysed using regression analysis. The study reveals that there is a significant effect of remuneration on job performance. It also reveals that there is a significant effect of communication on job satisfaction. The paper recommends that training and retraining of employees must be kept alive in the school administration system; There must be organization of periodic workshop/seminars where the school policies and goals are constantly entrenched in the staff as this has a way of keeping the staff in line with the variables that affect their job performance and thereafter improve their job satisfaction. rganization must constantly put in place good motivational factors for workers as this will actually affect their performance and also have a multiplier effect on their job satisfaction, among others.

Job satisfaction describes how contented an individual is with his or her job. The happier people are with their jobs the more satisfied they are said to be. It is seen as the level of satisfaction and fulfillment a person obtains from his/her job. The paper looks at the relationship between job satisfaction and employees' performance. It reviews different theories associated with job satisfaction and employees' performance. The paper uses survey method with structured questionnaires that were distributed among the sampled respondents in the three universities. It makes two research hypotheses and based on the nature of the hypotheses, data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed with the Pearson correlation coefficient and Analysis of Variance. Finding shows that there is high positive relationship betw£!en job satisfaction and employees' performance. The paper makes valuable policy recommendations, which include: {f) the turnover rate of experienced lecturers should be looked into by putting in place better motivational factors in tertiary institutions. (if) Universities' administration must constantly ensure that their lecturers are given courses in their areas of competence. (ii) Organization should constantly conduct research in order to find out those things that can help improve job satisfaction. (iii) What is expected in every job must be constantly communicated to the officers concerned, amongst others.

Homelessness among families is tremendously destructive and exacts enormous human, social and economic costs. This study examined the family structure and social support as determinants of family homelessness in Lagos metropolis. The study adopted the descriptive research of the ex-post facto type. 154 participants took part in this study made up of 89 males and 65 females. Their ages ranged from 31-58years with mean of 42years and standard deviation 2. 14. One survey instrument was adopted in this study - Interpersonal Support Evaluation List and Family Structure Scale was developed. The hypotheses stated for this study were tested using simple regression analysis. The findings revealed that family structure does not predict family homelessness with {3=.034 and t=.438. The second null hypothesis as presented in tables 4 and 5 revealed that social support significantly predict family homelessness with {3=.280 and t=.3.6. It was concluded that among family members, social support can help buffer the negative impacts of poverty and economic hardship which are known to have resulted to family homelessness. It was recommended among others that). In Africa there used to be a strong tie among the family members but exposure to the Western world and imbibing their culture has affected the structure and bond that bind the family together

The situation of street begging in Nigeria is appreciated with different categories of beggars found at motor parks, religious worship centres, markets, road junctions, venue of ceremonies and worst still on the university campuses . The situation is quite embarrassing with efforts of governments in curbing the menace of street begging not yielding fruits. The present study examined the perceived social support of street beggars. It adopted the descriptive research of the ex-post facto type. A random sample of three LGAs was selected and 516 participants took part in the study.out of these participants there were 311 males and 205 females. Hausas were 284, Yorubas were 162, lbos were 40 and others were 30. The age ranged from 12-65 years with standard deviation of 38years. All the participants reported low perceieved social support. The findings revealed no significant difference in gender , tribes and age groups in perceived social support. It was recommended that families, government and non-governmental organisations should weave social support round the beggars. It was concluded that formal and informal organizations, as well as grass-roots movements, should be recognized as partners in the construction of social support for beggars

Helping professionals have significant part to play in the realization of development goals. The maintenance of helping professionals' health and psychological well-being is paramount to their capacity to serve their clients. Regrettably, helping professionals have been found to focus on clients' problems and consistently fail to attend to their well being leading to job burnout. This study therefore examined the effects of burnout on work performance of professionals. This descriptive research adopted an ex-post facto approach. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 750 helping professionals between the ages of 28 and 59 years with mean age of 38years from Lagos and Ogun states, Nigeria. Burnout Questionnaire and Helping Profession Work Performance Scale were used to generate data with . 72 and .68 for test -retest reliability and Cronbach alpha of. 78 and. 76 respectively. Analysis of variance and simple regression analysis were calculated to test the three null hypotheses raised at 0.05 level of significance. Results revealed a significant difference in the level of burnout of counsellors, psychiatrists/psychologists, medical practitioners and social workers at F = 48.28, and < 0.05 and a significant difference in the level of performance of helping professionals who experienced high, medium and low levels of burnout at F =50.260; p

This study examined the determinants of life satisfaction among the elderly in Nigeria. A survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 194 participants were randomly selected. These participants were made up of 77 males and 117 females. Their ages ranged from 60-88 years. Four hypotheses were raised and tested. The findings revealed that the sample mean for all the participants was 19 which represents slightly dissatisfied with life. However, no significant differences were found in life satisfaction on the bases of gender, age, marital status and job status. It was concluded that the reason for the low level of life satisfaction among the elders was due to the weak nature of the care and support available to the elderly due to changes in the family system in Nigeria. It was recommended that the elderly must be provided financial support both by the government and family members. They must be helped to realize that their waning years are not meant to be frustrating and fruitless. Age-adjusted policies and programmes that encourage workplace flexibility, lifelong learning and healthy lifestyles, especially during transitional periods should be put in place