http://repository.unizik.edu.ng/handle/123456789/96 Department of Sociology and Anthropology 2026-04-06T22:30:23Z http://repository.unizik.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1175 Title: IGBO APPRENTICESHIP (Igba Boyi) AS EXEMPLAR OF INDIGENOUS AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP MODEL Authors: Nnonyelu, A. U. Nkemdili; Nnabuife, E. K.; Onyeizugbe, C. U.; Anazodo, R.; Onyima, B. Abstract: Igbo apprenticeship (igba boyi) is recently receiving rave reviews in the literature given its success rate in the transgenerational reproduction of successful indigenous entrepreneurs. The paper draws extensively from a 2021 study of Igbo apprenticeship in the Onitsha market, arguably the largest market in West Africa, showing how indigenous entrepreneurship has been boosted by the apprenticeship scheme. Studies on indigenous entrepreneurship have shown that the products of the Igbo apprenticeship scheme show greater dexterity in managing their businesses, are more resilient and evince significantly better results. The paper highlights the nexus between the Igbo apprenticeship scheme and entrepreneurship. The paper seeks to unpack the enablers of Igbo apprenticeship, and why it is largely seen as the poster face of local Igbo entrepreneurs. The paper makes a case for the scalability and adoption of the igba boyi indigenous entrepreneurial model as a vehicle for the development and sustenance of indigenous entrepreneurship practices for African development. Description: Scholarly article 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.unizik.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1174 Title: INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Authors: Nnonyelu, A. U. Nkemdili Abstract: The present text “Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management: A Reader”, a compendium of sorts, is the product of that Port Harcourt declaration, and the outcome of serious, diligent and incisive studies by lecturers in the Department of Sociology whose research interests span through the intricate relationships between industry and society, the new developments in workplace relations, the continuing relevance of trade unionism in Nigeria against global trends and the promise of HRM as a new field of inquiry. The present text is a collection of Thirty-Four chapters, divided into three sections, written in response to the ever-present yearning and demands by Sociology students for a comprehensive text that is informed by local experience and realities, while also recognizing the impact of globalization on the world of work. Description: Scholarly article 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z http://repository.unizik.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1173 Title: A GLOBALISING WORLD AND SOCIAL VALUE DISORIENTATION IN NIGERIA Authors: Nnonyelu, A. U. Nkemdili Abstract: Sociological literature is replete with discussions on social values, more so, its dialectical relationship with individual and group behaviour. However, contemporary discourse on social values has failed to interrogate the interface between globalization and social values in Nigeria. This paper seeks to demonstrate that much of the social values of developing countries like Nigeria have been undermined or corroded by the force of globalization. The paper argues that Nigerian social values have become disoriented and incapable of providing the bulwark for the much needed reforms, primarily because of the force of “externalities,” as driven by the hydra-headed phenomenon of globalization. The paper suggests a reinvention or resuscitation of Nigerian social values as the roadmap to building a new Nigerian nation. Description: Scholarly Article 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z