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    Cultural reactions to abusive marriages and relationships in Nigeria: implications for marital counselling and lifelong education
    (2018) Ahimie, B.; Agbogidi, C.; Ahimie, A.
    This paper explains the cultural reaction of some women to remaining in abusive marriages and relationships or returning to the same after a short break from their partners. The qualitative research design was employed for the study; The population consisted of all women in Lagos.metropolis who are in abusive marriages/relationships using a purposeful sampling of ten (10) participants. This was to enable the researcher focus on the key concept that is being explored in the study. Four research questions were raised to find out if love, financial/economic reasons, religion/societallfamily pressure will be the reasons for women to remain in or return to abusive marriages and relationships. Individual face-to-face, in-depth and more structured interviews were conducted. Data collected from participants' responses, was analyzed using the thematic description, The findings revealed that love and religion were not strong reasons given by women for remaining in or returning to abusive marriages/relationships. Some of the women have only sought counselling in religious/family settings. Only one of the women had the opportunity of visiting a professional' marriage counsellor. Conclusion was drawn based on the findings. Recommendations included a call for creating more awareness on professional counselling and the urgent need for and importance of continuous professional marital counselling andlifelong education rendered by professionals in all settings particularly for adults who are moving from independent living to marriages and relationships.
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    Entrepreneurial training and curriculum development for workplace counselling as an emerging profession in Nigeria
    (University of Lagos, 2017) Ahimie, B.; Agbogidi, C.
    Across the world, a bleak future is painted for the counselling profession in the age of technology advancement; more so for workplace counselling, which appears to be an emerging profession in Nigeria. Changes are taking place in industries and organizations. Prospective workers are expected to develop skills that will increase their desirability and success in the workplace. Workers can only be relevant and successful in the workplace if they demonstrate diverse skills that are needed in the emerging workplace. This article examines entrepreneurial training and curriculum development for workplace counselling, a profession that seems to be in its elementary stage in Nigeria. The necessary skills required for workplace counselling, entrepreneurial training and qualifications needed for workplace counselling are outlined. The paper further presents a list of organizations that can benefit from workplace counselling after highlighting what employers might expect from workplace counsellors. Suggestions were made on the need for the development of a robust curriculum for workplace counsellors for them to make an impact in the workplace.
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    Level of preparedness of undergraduates for school-workplace transition and unemployment isuues in an era of technology advancement
    (Fafunwa Educational Foundations, 2018) Ahimie, B.; Agbogidi, C.
    Organisations recruiting new workjorce lay emphasis on knotvledge orJ?~ig~h level of comp.e'tenry in information and communication technologyI!Y the new entrants. This stutfy was carried oul=f,jofind out the level of preparedness of undergraduates/or school-workplace transition in an era of technology advanceme11~.:A descriptive survey design was adoit~d to carry out the study. One hundred and forty [!4P) participants in their final year undergraduate class were selected as participants in the study. A 12' item researcher constructed questionnaire was usedfor the stutfy. Three research hypotheses were.raised to guide the"stutfy. Independent t-tesi and ANO VA statistical tools were used to analyse the data collectedat 0.05 level of significance.The results revealed~ significant difference in the level of preparedness of undergraduates for school-workplace transition. Gender and age however did not significantlY affect the level of prepared1tess 'of undergraduates for scbool-woreplace transition in an era of technology advancement. Recommendations made based on the findings, include the need for early exposure of undergraduates to the various technology tools that are being developed on a dailY basis. They should also be encouragedto imbibe the skills and conducts that might not be taught in school but are relevant in the workplace, to prepare them for school-workplace tr~nsition and unemployment' issues in an era of technology advancement.