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Social Significance of Work and Unemployment in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.author OLOWU, Josphine
dc.date.accessioned 2024-06-07T12:33:01Z
dc.date.available 2024-06-07T12:33:01Z
dc.date.issued 2017-04
dc.identifier.issn 2346 7428
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1722
dc.description.abstract Work holds very significant place in our lives as most of us spend over fifty percent of our waking life engaged in some form of work Work like other human activities such as eating, sleeping and socializing essential to our very existence while unemployment has serious consequences for individuals and society individual and societal aspirations for human and societal developments are undermined by high level of unemployment Nigeria has witness high rates of unemployment. This paper therefore traces the history of work and examines the social significance of work, reasons for unemployment and governmental efforts in curbing unemployment. The objective of the paper was to show how significant work is in human life and how devastating unemployment can be. It also reveals that the root cause of unemployment is capitalism. The study was anchored on two theoretical framework, the functionalist and Deprivation perspectives. The Data for the paper was collected from secondary sources which were published data in textbooks, journals and internet materials. The study recommends more orientation on the dignity of labor, values of hard work, frugality and asceticism. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Self en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Bingham university journal of accounting and business en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries VOL 1;NO 2
dc.subject social significance en_US
dc.subject work en_US
dc.subject unemployment en_US
dc.subject Nigeria en_US
dc.title Social Significance of Work and Unemployment in Nigeria en_US
dc.type Book en_US


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