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A Study Of The Sociological Factors Affecting Professional Secretarial Career In Nigeria
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1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
research work attempt were made to identify and analyze those factors
that contribute to secretaries unhappiness or dissatisfaction while on
the job performance. It is intended to reveal to the prospective
secretaries on what they should expect from the profession.
Finally, it is also intended to give clear picture of what the profession is all about.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This research work is designed to study the sociological factors affecting professional secretarial career in Nigeria.
A lot of organizations are now aware that secretaries needs to be provides with high productivity in the organization.
The study was conducted in various organization as well as the two
higher institutions, that is Rivers State University of Science and
Technology & Rivers State College of Education all in Rivers State.
1.6 RESEARCH QUESTION
1. What in your opinion lowers the status of the secretarial profession in Nigeria?
2. What sort of problems do you encounter in the office and from your employer?
3. Are you recognized as a member of the management team?
4. What is your view on the way secretaries are generally treated?
5. What type of position are you expecting at the end of your course?
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
This
term was made to identify or to explain those factors that affect
professional secretarial career in Nigeria. These are the sociological
factors; non-recognition and low esteem rating of the career, which
resulted to the poor treatment of secretaries and also the physical
factors which is known as environment as well.
Environment: In the
management or organization contact, environment consist s of office
building, the furniture layout and the physical conditions under which
an office worker or secretaries operate such as lighting, ventilation,
sound and safety measure etc.
Lighting
Bad lighting accentuates
the possibility of low performance or output and inaccurate work result
in secretarial job function. Enendu O. (1993) mentioned that bad
lighting causes eye strain and fatigue to the secretaries causing low
job output. Poor standards of lighting obviously affect the secretaries
interest, attitude top work and makes them suffer from degree of eye
strain, fatigue, irritability and other physical disorders. The effect
of poor lighting should be understood as it adversely affects the
productivity of the secretaries job function.
Poor ventilation also affects secretaries health thereby causing poor performance on the job function.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The aim of this research work was to find out how aid what type of sociological factors that affect professional secretaries in their career. Secretaries and their bosses were selected from different organizations as well as the student secretaries of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology and those of the college of education both in Port-Harcourt metropolis. The instruments used in this study were questionnaire and face to face oral interview. These were administered to the samp ... Continue reading---
