Fabian O Ugwu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6186804 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fabian O Ugwu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fabian |
| FAMILY NAME | O Ugwu |
| SIGNATURE | UGWU F O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9889-7132 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Career-Related Anxieties and Job Search Outcomes
The study explored whether career mentoring moderates the direct and indirect relationship between career-related anxieties and job search outcomes through job search strategies. Three-wave panel data were collected from three hundred and fifteen (315) unemployed graduates in Southeastern Nigeria. Results from Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) provided support for the direct, indirect, and moderation hypotheses. Specifically, the results showed…
Exploring the unintended costs of smartphone use to synchronize private and work-related tasks at home and the gains of self-regulation
Who Cares about Time? Investigating Personality and Self-regulation in the Relationship Between Religiosity and Punctuality in Nigerian Public Service Organizations
The study examined the relationship between religiosity and punctuality, and whether self-regulation mediates this relationship. The study also explored whether personality traits moderate the positive relationship between religiosity and self-regulation and between religiosity and punctuality. Using PROCESS model 4, among 734 federal university employees in the South-east Nigeria, the results of the study showed that religiosity related positive…
Family still matters
The “African Time” Syndrome
Lateness to meeting or what has been commonly referred to as “African time” is increasingly becoming part of social life in most African countries. Although this phenomenon has crept into the work environment of most Nigerian public service organizations, it has attracted limited research attention. In the study, we explored the definition of lateness to meetings and appointments, and rating of frequency of lateness to meetings among 577 public s…
The interplay between interpersonal relationships and organisational learning behaviour
This study examined the association between interpersonal relationships and organisation learning behaviour among new employees; as well as the influence of psychological safety on that relationship. Participants were 1 500 newly recruited university employees (females = 41.66%; mean age = 44.67 years, SD = 8.11 years). Participants completed measures of interpersonal relationship carrying capacity (emotional carrying capacity, tensility, and con…
Job insecurity and psychological well-being
This study examined the relationship between job insecurity and psychological well-being of bank sector employees and the role of core self-evaluations and self-perceived employability in that relationship. Employing a two-wave panel design, we surveyed 259 casual employees of commercial banks in Southeast, Nigeria (female = 72%; mean age =35.83 years, SD = 4.70 years, range = 27 to 47 years). Regression analysis revealed higher job insecurity to…
Transformational leadership and management safety practices
This study examined both the direct and interactive effects on employee compliance to safety work behaviour of perceived work pressure, transformational leadership behaviour, and organisation management safety practices. Study participants were 208 nurses from public hospitals in South-eastern, Nigeria. The employees completed surveys on transformational leadership, management safety practices, work pressure, and compliance to safety work behavio…
Abusive supervision and work engagement in the Nigerian public service sector
This study examined experiences of abuse and work engagement behaviours of general employees in the Nigerian public service sector. Cross-lagged survey data were collected from 219 workers (female = 57.3%; age range = 24 – 59 years, mean age = 46.96 years, SD = 5.01 years). The employees completed the Abusive Supervision Scale (ASS), the Strengths Use Questionnaire (SUQ), the Promotion Focus Scale (PFS), and the Short version of the Utrecht Work …
Job apathy and work engagement
This study explored the direct and interactive roles of job apathy, perceived leader integrity, and spiritual intelligence on work engagement among 206 Nigerian employees of a leading mass transit company (females = 33%; mean age = 35.81years, SD = 5.04; mean organisational tenure = 6.27 years, SD = 2.26). Results following moderated hierarchical multiple regression showed that work engagement was lower with job apathy and higher with perceived l…
Job demands and psychological well-being
The study investigated the moderating role of occupational self-efficacy and job social support on the relationship between job demands and psychological well-being among mid-career academics. Participants were 203 academics at three public Nigerian universities (female = 37.93%; mean years of service = 8.58 years, SD = 2.20). The academics completed measures of job demands, occupational self-efficacy, job social support, and psychological well-b…
Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration)
The “African Time” Syndrome
Lateness to meeting or what has been commonly referred to as “African time” is increasingly becoming part of social life in most African countries. Although this phenomenon has crept into the work environment of most Nigerian public service organizations, it has attracted limited research attention. In the study, we explored the definition of lateness to meetings and appointments, and rating of frequency of lateness to meetings among 577 public s…
Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration)
Job demands and psychological well-being
The study investigated the moderating role of occupational self-efficacy and job social support on the relationship between job demands and psychological well-being among mid-career academics. Participants were 203 academics at three public Nigerian universities (female = 37.93%; mean years of service = 8.58 years, SD = 2.20). The academics completed measures of job demands, occupational self-efficacy, job social support, and psychological well-b…
Job apathy and work engagement
This study explored the direct and interactive roles of job apathy, perceived leader integrity, and spiritual intelligence on work engagement among 206 Nigerian employees of a leading mass transit company (females = 33%; mean age = 35.81years, SD = 5.04; mean organisational tenure = 6.27 years, SD = 2.26). Results following moderated hierarchical multiple regression showed that work engagement was lower with job apathy and higher with perceived l…
Transformational leadership and management safety practices
This study examined both the direct and interactive effects on employee compliance to safety work behaviour of perceived work pressure, transformational leadership behaviour, and organisation management safety practices. Study participants were 208 nurses from public hospitals in South-eastern, Nigeria. The employees completed surveys on transformational leadership, management safety practices, work pressure, and compliance to safety work behavio…
Abusive supervision and work engagement in the Nigerian public service sector
This study examined experiences of abuse and work engagement behaviours of general employees in the Nigerian public service sector. Cross-lagged survey data were collected from 219 workers (female = 57.3%; age range = 24 – 59 years, mean age = 46.96 years, SD = 5.01 years). The employees completed the Abusive Supervision Scale (ASS), the Strengths Use Questionnaire (SUQ), the Promotion Focus Scale (PFS), and the Short version of the Utrecht Work …
The interplay between interpersonal relationships and organisational learning behaviour
This study examined the association between interpersonal relationships and organisation learning behaviour among new employees; as well as the influence of psychological safety on that relationship. Participants were 1 500 newly recruited university employees (females = 41.66%; mean age = 44.67 years, SD = 8.11 years). Participants completed measures of interpersonal relationship carrying capacity (emotional carrying capacity, tensility, and con…
Job insecurity and psychological well-being
This study examined the relationship between job insecurity and psychological well-being of bank sector employees and the role of core self-evaluations and self-perceived employability in that relationship. Employing a two-wave panel design, we surveyed 259 casual employees of commercial banks in Southeast, Nigeria (female = 72%; mean age =35.83 years, SD = 4.70 years, range = 27 to 47 years). Regression analysis revealed higher job insecurity to…
Family still matters
The “African Time” Syndrome
Lateness to meeting or what has been commonly referred to as “African time” is increasingly becoming part of social life in most African countries. Although this phenomenon has crept into the work environment of most Nigerian public service organizations, it has attracted limited research attention. In the study, we explored the definition of lateness to meetings and appointments, and rating of frequency of lateness to meetings among 577 public s…
Who Cares about Time? Investigating Personality and Self-regulation in the Relationship Between Religiosity and Punctuality in Nigerian Public Service Organizations
The study examined the relationship between religiosity and punctuality, and whether self-regulation mediates this relationship. The study also explored whether personality traits moderate the positive relationship between religiosity and self-regulation and between religiosity and punctuality. Using PROCESS model 4, among 734 federal university employees in the South-east Nigeria, the results of the study showed that religiosity related positive…
Exploring the unintended costs of smartphone use to synchronize private and work-related tasks at home and the gains of self-regulation
Career-Related Anxieties and Job Search Outcomes
The study explored whether career mentoring moderates the direct and indirect relationship between career-related anxieties and job search outcomes through job search strategies. Three-wave panel data were collected from three hundred and fifteen (315) unemployed graduates in Southeastern Nigeria. Results from Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) provided support for the direct, indirect, and moderation hypotheses. Specifically, the results showed…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Work (physics (5 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Applied Psychology (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)