DEMOGRAPHICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ATTITUDES TO WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG ACADEMIC WORKERS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI AND EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY

Issue of occupational commitment and attitude to work among workers is a thing of
concern to all management of organization including the academic workers of Federal University Oye- Ekiti and Ekiti State University in Ekiti State.The present study investigated the influence of perceived demographical factors influencing attitudes to work and organizational commitment among academic workers of Federal University Oye-Ekiti and Ekiti State University Ado,Ekiti.The study adopted ex-post factor research design. A total number of 100 workers were accidentally sampled in the study.These participantswere administered with Occupational commitment scale and attitude to work scale together with demographic information. Six hypotheses were testedin the study using independent samples t-test, two were confirmed and the other two were tested with One-Way ANOVA and one was confirmed.The result of the tested hypotheses showed that gender has significant influence on organizational
commitment(t=3.29.â€df = 98; p<.05). Gender has no significant influence on attitude to work
(t=1.84;df=98;p>.05).work environment has significant influence on organizational commitment(F(2,97)=3.21; p<.05). Work environment has no significant influence on attitude to work (F(2,97)=0.55; p >.05). Age has no significant influence on organizational commitment (t=0.90;df =78;p>.05). Age has no significant influence on attitude to work (t=-1.78; df=78;p>.05). Length of service has significant influence on organizational commitment (t=-0.50;df=88;p>.05).
Length of service has no significant influence on attitude to work (t = 0.11;df=88;p>05).Based
on findings,it is concluded that demographic factors are important in understanding organizational commitment and attitude to work of academic workers. Moreover, gender differs
in level of organizational commitment of workers. The findings show that gender, length of service and work environment have significant influence on organizational commitment so organizations should always pay great attentions to these factors for increment of productivity
Keywords: Organizational commitment, attitude to work, work environment, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti State.

Title page -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     1
Certification -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     2
Dedication -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     3
Acknowledgement -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     4
Table of content -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     5
List of table     -    -    -    -    -    -    -     6
Abstract -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     9
CHAPTER ONE:
1.1 Background to the study -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     11
1.2 Statement of problem -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     15
1.3 Purpose of study -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     16
1.4 Relevance of study -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     17
CHAPTER TWO: THEORETICAL FRAME WORK AND LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Theoretical Framework -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     18
Theories of motivation
Theories of Attitude
2.2 Related studies /Literature Review -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     47
2.3 Statement of Hypothesis -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     52
2.4 Operational Definition of terms -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     53
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     55
3.2 Setting -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     55
3.3 Sampling Technique -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     56
3.4 Population and Sample -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     58
3.5 Research instruments -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     59
3.6 Procedure -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     59
3.7 Statistical Tools TechniqueMethod  -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    59
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     60
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Discussion -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     65
5.2 Conclusion -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     71
5.3 Recommendation -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     72
5.4 Limitation of Study -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     73
5.5 Contribution to knowledge -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     74
REFERENCES -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -     75
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