Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Ethical Leadership: Implications for Organizational Success by Adejobi S. Odeneye MBA, Kean University, 2008 MA, University of Lagos, 1987 BA, University of Lagos, 1983 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Management Walden University May, 2017 Abstract Leaders focus on the attainment of personal and organizational goals without consideration for the needs of stakeholders, especially those of followers. Ethical leadership (EL) studies’ focus on leaders’ perspectives represented a research gap that necessitated this study. Followers are the least researched among stakeholders; thus, this study explored EL from their viewpoints. Stakeholder theory, social learning theory, eudaimonia, and utilitarianism were the conceptual frameworks that guided this study. Twenty participants drawn from followers in a public organization in New Jersey were questioned about their experiences and expectations of EL using open-ended interview questions. Participants with shared experiences were selected based on convenience, snowball, and criterion sampling strategies. With the use of the transcendental phenomenological design, the data collected were analyzed with the Stevick–Colaizzi– Keen method and the two-cycle analysis. Knowledge, exemplarity, and democratic decision making were themes of EL that are relevant to followers. Other themes found in this study, including communication, stakeholders’ wellbeing, impartiality, honesty, relationship building, responsibility, and humility, concur with extant literature and suggest consistency in the phenomenon. The potential social change implications of this study are an innovative and cooperative work environment, organizational success, and enhanced corporate social responsibility. Organizations and societies may benefit from the inculcation and development of EL in the family, society, tertiary institutions, and organizations through training, mentoring, and the development of an ethical culture.Leaders focus on the attainment of personal and organizational goals without consideration for the needs of stakeholders, especially those of followers. Ethical leadership (EL) studies’ focus on leaders’ perspectives represented a research gap that necessitated this study. Followers are the least researched among stakeholders; thus, this study explored EL from their viewpoints. Stakeholder theory, social learning theory, eudaimonia, and utilitarianism were the conceptual frameworks that guided this study. Twenty participants drawn from followers in a public organization in New Jersey were questioned about their experiences and expectations of EL using open-ended interview questions. Participants with shared experiences were selected based on convenience, snowball, and criterion sampling strategies. With the use of the transcendental phenomenological design, the data collected were analyzed with the Stevick–Colaizzi– Keen method and the two-cycle analysis. Knowledge, exemplarity, and democratic decision making were themes of EL that are relevant to followers. Other themes found in this study, including communication, stakeholders’ wellbeing, impartiality, honesty, relationship building, responsibility, and humility, concur with extant literature and suggest consistency in the phenomenon. The potential social change implications of this study are an innovative and cooperative work environment, organizational success, and enhanced corporate social responsibility. Organizations and societies may benefit from the inculcation and development of EL in the family, society, tertiary institutions, and organizations through training, mentoring, and the development of an ethical culture. Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Ethical Leadership: Implications for Organizational Success by Adejobi S. Odeneye MBA, Kean University, 2008 MA, University of Lagos, 1987 BA, University of Lagos, 1983 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Management Walden University May, 2017 Dedication To the King of ages, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen (1 Timothy 1:17). Acknowledgements With a heart of gratitude, I acknowledge Almighty God, the Alpha and the Omega, for keeping me alive, providing for my needs, and giving me strength, knowledge, and understanding to make this childhood ambition, of earning a doctoral degree, a reality. I sincerely thank my committee chair, Dr. Stephanie Hoon, my committee member, Dr. Karla Phlypo, the University Research Reviewer, Dr. Janice Spangenburg, and the Program Director, Dr. Freda Turner for their erudite direction and indefatigable support throughout my dissertation process. I must acknowledge my beautiful and brilliant wife, Oluwagbemisola SanyaoluOdeneye, for her loving support, understanding, and encouragement throughout this elongated doctoral journey. I couldn’t have chosen a better partner, and I will always love you. To my lovely daughter, Adedayo; I say thank you for your words of encouragement and the healthy competition you gave me in earning your Master’s degree at the same time with me, even though I started my doctoral program when you started your Bachelor’s degree. I’m so proud of you, my Love. To my wonderful boys, Oluwafemi and Temitope; you guys are my joy and motivation in life. I cannot thank God enough for the miracle of bringing you boys into my life and the love we will share for life. I cease this opportunity to especially thank all my research participants and the leadership of the organization used for this study. Also, I genuinely appreciate the efforts and supports of all those who have contributed directly or indirectly towards the attainment of my doctoral goal. Finally, I thank all ethical leaders in any organization for being the inspiration for this study and counsel them to keep up the good deeds.

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Stakeholders' Perceptions of Ethical Leadership: Implications for Organizational Success

Lackadaisical attitude of Nigerians on maintenance culture has negatively affected infrastructural development which is critical and essential to a Nation’s development. Achieving vision 2020 goals would be attainable if existing structures and facilities are constantly maintained. Poor maintenance culture has drawn the nation a thousand steps backward and one of the stride actions that could salvage the country from the total mess of infrastructural decay is maintenance. This paper aimed at examining lack of maintenance culture through review of archival materials and participative observations. Poor leadership, corruption, attitudinal problem and lack of maintenance policy were identified as major causes of the menace. In conclusion, the paper recommends the inclusion of maintenance culture in national educational curriculum, maintenance policy formulation and appointment of facility managers among others as necessary steps towards making the country among the comity of developed nations. Keywords: Culture, Infrastructure, Maintenance, Maintenance Policy and National Development

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Lack of Maintenance Culture in Nigeria: The Bane of National Development

The large-scale land conversions to urban impervious surfaces, loss of lakes and occupation of floodplains, have resulted in many problems like urban heat island, depletion of the ground water and more importantly flash floods. The impervious surfaces of urbanization led to accelerated run-off and reduced recharge. Currently, around 280 locations are vulnerable to flash floods in the Bangalore city of India. The dumping of solid waste, laying of cables in the channels, under-potential culverts and allotment of the floodplain for housing purposes has developed vulnerability to frequent flooding. Increased urbanization with intensified vertical growth of the city has led to the liquid waste disposal along the storm water drains making the run-off models unpredictable. The breach of lake embankments and overflowing lakes at the initial monsoon rains is the popular phenomenon as the lakes are silted and saturated with sewage. Efforts of revival of some lakes and desilting storm water drains have not i...

Vulnerability assessment of flood-affected locations of Bangalore by using multi-criteria evaluation

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has been recognised as an effective way of resolving landlord-tenant disputes, among other civil disputes, all over the world. In Lagos, the Citizens Mediation Centre (CMC) was established in 1999 to use mediation, an ADR technique, in addressing landlord-tenant disputes which had become violent and an existential threat to the parties in the tenancy relationship, among other forms of dispute the Centre was founded to resolve. The CMC was expected to bring peace and preserve the tenancy relationship in Lagos State, while eliminating the potential of violence, injury and deaths that could arise out of self-help actions by parties. This study was initiated therefore to investigate the effectiveness of the Citizens Mediation Centre in landlord-tenant dispute resolution in Lagos State with the main objective to examine the effectiveness of the Citizens Mediation Centre in Landlord-Tenant Dispute resolution in Lagos State. The area of study comprised the six catchment areas of the CMC in Alimosho, Ibeju-Lekki, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Onikan and Yaba in Lagos State. The study adopted a triangulation of method: a survey method, supported by in-depth interviews and key informant interviews. The study further adopted the Social Conflict Theory and the Human Needs Theory as the theoretical framework. Findings showed that while the CMC enabled landlord-tenant dispute resolution in Lagos State, the weaknesses embedded in mediation were visible. Notable among them is that mediation is prone to corruption and is weak at addressing power imbalances immanent in the tenancy relationship. Other findings showed that CMC mediation process favoured richer parties in the tenancy relationship in Lagos State and that a major cause of landlord or landlady-tenant dispute is late or default in rent payment, among others. While the study affirms that the landlord-tenant relationship is dispute laden, and that the CMC has justified to a reasonable extent the fulfilment of its mandate by the success it has recorded so far, the process of giving justice to parties in the tenancy relationship remains a work in progress. Conscious effort should be made to correct the weaknesses facing the CMC mediation process in the areas of power imbalances, biased or unfair resolution process and the allegation of corruption that was levelled against some of its mediators by some respondents. Therefore, the Lagos Government and CMC should work together to remove dishonest mediators from its workforce. The government should invest more in the expansion of the Centre and the weaknesses in the CMC mediation process should be addressed. These will engender a rejuvenated CMC able to withstand the request of justice made on it by disputants in the rental housing sector in Lagos State.

Effectiveness of the citizens mediation centre in landlord-tenant alternative dispute resolution in lagos state

Structural attributes such as number and size of living rooms, bedrooms, toilet/
bathrooms and type of floor finishes have been identified as some of the factors
that influence household’s decisions when buying or renting a residential property.
This study analysed the structural attributes of five categories of residential
property in Ede, Nigeria with a view to providing information that will encourage
investors to consider structural improvement that will enhance rental values. It
examined among others tenant’s desire for a particular attribute (and /or attribute’s
size); and tenant’s willingness to pay more for the desired attribute(s). In order to
determine responsiveness of willingness to pay, the study hypothesized that 90%
of the respondent in each property types would express willingness to pay more
for the desired attributes. Data for the study was collected through questionnaire
administered to residential tenants in the study area. A total of 400 questionnaires
were distributed out of which 278 were returned representing 69.5% response rate.
Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools such
as percentile, bar charts, weighted mean score and Chi square. The result showed
that larger bedroom was ranked very highly in terms of overall desire and would
pay more for by all respondents. Beyond that, there were certain structural
attributes that respondents across the property categories expressed willingness to
pay more for. The chi-square result however revealed there is significant difference
between “would pay more for” response and the expected proportion (p value <
.05) for the entire selected structural attribute in all categories of residential
property. The study concluded that there is evidence to suggest that 90% of tenants
in Ede did not express willingness to pay more for the desired structural attribute.
The study recommended that investors in the residential property submarket
should take cognizance of these when making decision on house design so as to
have a product that appeals to tenant’s expectations while ensuring maximization
of return from investment.
Keywords: Nigeria , residential properties, structural attributes, tenant’s
demand, willingness to pay

Tenant’s demand for structural attributes inresidential properties: the case of ede, nigeria

The purpose of this study is to critically examine tenancy agreement as a shield in property management in Nigeria. Renting is an essential component of a healthy housing system of a nation. It is observed that for most tenants, signing their tenancy agreement will be their largest financial commitment during the year; hence it is an issue not to be taken lightly. The rental housing sector in Nigeria is bedeviled with acute shortage of housing units (said to be between 14-17million units) this in turn impacts negatively on the sale and rental markets. The study revealed that tenancy agreement gives protection to the stakeholders in the rental housing sector only on paper. This is because many rental agreements between landlords and tenants in Nigeria are personal and informal in nature, concluded outside of any government regulatory framework or formal legal system. This informality and lack of official documentation makes going to court an extremely impractical way of dealing with landlord-tenant conflicts. The provisions of the rent control and recovery of premises laws in Nigeria have been held more in disobedience than in obedience for many years. For effective regulation of the rental property market in Nigeria, it was recommended among others, that a strategic approach to developing a workable rental housing policy should first acknowledge the rental arrangements which already exist and then find flexible, realistic ways to regulate and enforce them.

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An Examination of the Tenancy Agreement as a Shield in Property Management in Nigeria

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between urban infrastructure and flood disaster in Gombe metropolis, Nigeria. In this research work, the survey research design was used to obtain data from the field. Stratified sampling technique was adopted in determining the study sample which consisted of 250 households (i.e. 13% of the population, made up of 1,923 households). 250 questionnaires were administered on household heads in the study area; however, only 237 questionnaires were retrieved and used for analysis. Spearman’s rank correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine the relationships between the criterion variable (flood disaster) and the predictor variables (urban infrastructure). The study showed that inadequacy of appropriate urban infrastructure is the major factor responsible for flood disaster in Gombe metropolis [R = 0.792, P = 0.000

Evaluation of the Relationships between Urban Infrastructure And Flood Disaster in Gombe Metropolis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between urban infrastructure and flood disaster in Gombe metropolis, Nigeria. In this research work, the survey research design was used to obtain data from the field. Stratified sampling technique was adopted in determining the study sample which consisted of 250 households (i.e. 13% of the population, made up of 1,923 households). 250 questionnaires were administered on household heads in the study area; however, only 237 questionnaires were retrieved and used for analysis. Spearman’s rank correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine the relationships between the criterion variable (flood disaster) and the predictor variables (urban infrastructure). The study showed that inadequacy of appropriate urban infrastructure is the major factor responsible for flood disaster in Gombe metropolis [R = 0.792, P = 0.000<0.01(2-tailed)]. It was recommended among others, that there should be improvement on the maintenance of available drainage infrastructure in the metropolis and the integration of solid waste management to prevent over flowing of flood as a result of blockage of drains. Government and all other stakeholders should expedite the provision of appropriate urban infrastructure in the metropolis.

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Evaluation of the Relationships between Urban Infrastructure and Flood Disaster in Gombe Metropolis

The determination of value of land and landed properties for all purposes is by virtue of decree No 24 of 1975 the responsibility of an Estate Surveyor and Valuer Concern has risen over the incursion of non Estate Valuers in Mortgage Valuations and it is perceived that banks are beginning to doubt the Estate Valuer’s opinion This paper investigates Mortgage investment with respect to the Estate Valuers’ work A survey research method was adopted for the study Two different sets of well structured questionnaires were served on 25 practicing Estate Valuers and loan officers in the 22 commercial Banks (respectively) in Osogbo and Ile-Ife of Osun state The data collected were analyzed using frequencies, charts, mean score, likert rating scale and regression analysis Findings revealed among other things that majority of the Estate Valuers (4707%) often adopt cost method in valuation for mortgage purposes The general consensus was that the Estate Valuers’ figure provides adequate cover for the amount of loan advanced The regression analysis results indicated a high positive correlation of 0935 between the variables Of the four predictors used, only the second predictor (Valuer's do not carry out enough investigation/inspection) significantly predicts Valuer’s work The study recommends that Estate Valuers should ensure adequate inspection and proper reporting of properties The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers is urged to organize a mandatory educational enlightenment programmes aimed at keeping Estate Valuers abreast with the global trends in valuation practices to enable them satisfy their clients’ expectations

Okorie Augustina

Papers

An Examination of the Tenancy Agreement as a Shield in Property Management in Nigeria

An Examination of the Tenancy Agreement as a Shield in Property Management in Nigeria

Evaluation of the Relationships between Urban Infrastructure And Flood Disaster in Gombe Metropolis

Evaluation of the Relationships between Urban Infrastructure and Flood Disaster in Gombe Metropolis

Mortgage Investment in Osun State: An Evaluation of the Role of Estate Surveyors and Valuers