Moral Decadence Among Nigerian Youths As Future Leaders: A Socio-Cultural Regeneration

Death patterns among Nigerian leaders

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to establish the patterns of death amongst Nigerian leaders since independence, thus providing a feasible avenue to avoid their recurrence if possible especially amongst the political elite who currently hold power. METHODS Using available unclassified authentic public information, all leaders who had ruled Nigeria since her independence on 1 October, 1960 ...

Are good leaders moral leaders?

This thesis presents selected works investigating the relation between leadership and morals. Given the multitude of moral challenges and the grave consequences of moral transgressions in military operations, we have chosen a military context to frame our research. Transformational leadership and the full range of leadership model (FRLM) are key constructs in this investigation, as this leaders...

An exploratory study of the socio-cultural risk influences for cigarette smoking among Southern Nigerian youth

BACKGROUND The increase in smoking prevalence in developing countries including Nigeria has been mainly blamed on the aggressive marketing strategies of big tobacco companies. There is a paucity of research on other socio-cultural risk factors for smoking among the youth. The main objective of this study is to explore and describe socio-cultural risk factors influencing cigarette smoking among ...

Recognizing Moral Identity as a Cultural Construct

Current research on moral identity shows that moral identity predicts moral action in Western cultures but not in non-Western cultures. The present paper argues that this may be due to the fact that the concept of moral identity is culturally biased. In order to remedy this situation, we argue that researchers should broaden their scopes of inquiry by adding a cultural lens to their studies of ...

Design as a Socio-cultural Cognitive System