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| Coping Strategies Adopted By University Business Educators during the Covid-19 Pandemic in South-South, Nigeria. |
Onojaife, Caroline Azuoma (PhD)
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Abstract:
The complete collapse of social systems around the world as a result of the unexpected Covid-19 pandemic was unprecedented in the annals of human existence. In line with current realities, the study examined the coping strategies adopted by university business educators in South-South, Nigeria during the Covid-19 pandemic. Three research questions were raised and six hypotheses were tested for the study. A cross-sectional research design was adopted for the study. The population consist of 83 university business educators in South-South, Nigeria but a sample size of 57 University business educators were selected for the study using purposive sampling technique. A four point rating scale questionnaire containing 18 items was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha co-efficient was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which yielded the coefficient of 0.83, 0.72 and 0.79 for the three different clusters with an overall coefficient of 0.78. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and determine the homogeneity of the respondents' views. Inferential statistics of the t-test (item by item analysis) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that university business educators adopted religious coping strategies a lot, adopted self-care coping strategies a little bit and adopted social coping strategies moderately during the Covid-19 pandemic in South-South, Nigeria. In addition, the study disclosed that respondents' do not differ significantly in their mean ratings on the extent they adopt religious, self-care and social coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic in South-South, Nigeria based on their gender and location. The researcher concluded that university business educators were positively minded with a strong spiritual belief that Covid-19 will phased away like every other life challenges because of their faith in God. The study recommended among others that the federal and state governments of Nigeria should strengthen and monitored security protocols on religious gatherings across the nation in order not to abuse the perceived mercies of God during the pandemic
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