Challenges and Prospects of Teaching and Researching in Industrial Sociology in Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID3645232
AuthorsEmeka Emmanuel Okafor (0009-0002-3025-2180, University of Ibadan, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume11
Issue2
Publication date2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0331-4111 • E-ISSN: 2536-7005
PublisherLujosh Ventures Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.36108/njsa/3102/11(0290)
OpenAlexW3046964987
LanguageEN
References cited12

This paper takes a retrospective look at the issues surrounding teaching and researching in Industrial Sociology in Nigeria so as to project into the future. It discusses the challenges facing industrial sociology such as workers' apathy towards academic research, organisation's attitude to academic study, limited application of dominant theories, question of professional status of the discipline, and perceived worth and market value of the sub-discipline. Despite the challenges, this paper identified future prospects of the sub-discipline in a rapid expansion of the discipline, role of practitioners' associations, the influence of globalization, contextualizing industrial sociology, and entrepreneurship education. It is argued that continued relevance of Industrial sociology in Nigeria would depend largely on critical issues such as socio-economic conditions of the workers, quality and mindset of graduate students, collaborative academic research, channels for dissemination of research findings, and utilisation of ICT services

Discipline · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Globalization · Industrial sociology · Mindset · Political science · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Economic, financial, and policy analysis · Engineering · Management Theory and Practice · Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization

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