Multi Ethnic And Socio Cultural Background Of Nigeria

1.0. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Problem indication Nigeria is unique and embellished with a very rich culture and diversities. Because of the multi-ethnic and socio-cultural background that Nigeria is known for, the work environment in this setting is still far from what the western organizational system operates in. Beliefs, ethnic background, stereotypic way of work ethics and level of exposure seems to all play a key role in the way employers, managers would want their employees to engage in the task assigned to them. Crafting of one’s job or making self-initiated changes to the boundaries of job tasks by Wrezesniewski Dutton (2001) which is a newer concept mostly explored in the west is perceived as an idea that is unacceptable in some†¦show more content†¦These includes but not limited to brain drain, erosion of university autonomy, obsolete job designs, lack of proper funding for infrastructural buildings and obsolete research equipment, decreasing quality. Globalization is a multi-dimensional phenomenon that drives most of the changes in the educational system (Obioma, 2011). In the world of today, globalization makes borderless education or what is referred to as transnational border to develop new international partnerships and networks (Zelza, 2005). However, this could be said to have made a little in-road into some of the university educational systems but not fully. Nigerian university educational systems and structures are still based on a centuries old system of knowledge organization, largely influenced by 19th century academic traditions. The federal character principle which the government introduced for appointing, recruiting of individuals into various organizations to allow for equal representation across the six geo-political zones of the federation is also not completely free from tribalism and socio-cultural displays and ethnicity, religion, stereotypic ways of work ethics of the active players in the educational sector (Ebijuwa, 1999). Furthermore, all these seems to play key roles in the way Management, Head of Departments, would want their workers and subordinates to