PSYCHOLOGY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 101. CONTRIBUTIONS OF INSURANCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RISK IN NIGERIA OIL INDUSTRIES (...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria’s economy before independence and shortly afterward largely depended on agriculture. This is because a good number of its citizens are farmers. Intact about 70% of the Nigerian populace then were basically farmers and this goes a long way to show that Nigerians are poor people. Agriculture then was her only source of foreign exchan...Continue Reading »

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• 102. EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE NIGERIAN DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (NDIC) 0

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The federal government of Nigeria ride decree No 22 established the Nigeria deposit insurance corporation in July 1988, This regulatory institution is set up to insure all deposit liabilities of licensed banks and other financial institutions the NDIC act Capt 301 L.F.N 1998 further stress on the establishment of the NDIC by the federal governme...Continue Reading »

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• 103. ASSESSING THE ROLE OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN THE ECONOMY OF INSURANCE INDUSTRY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1: Background of the study A lot of debate can be emphasized on the role played by insurance companies in the world but simplicity entitles us to concentrate on the economy of Cameroon. Whether insurance or assurance throughout the ages, there has always been a need for insurance. The need for insurance arises from fear of the unknown, fear of risk and fear of loss (Webs...Continue Reading »

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• 104. EQUIPMENT LEAASING AS A SOURCE OF FINANCE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Equipment leasing started in Nigeria in early 60’s through off shore United Kingdom leasing companies. Awelewa (1989, pp.20) with the outbreak of civil war in 1967, these leasing transaction became impossible due to difficulties in exchange control measures introduced by the military Government. The Marlum Civil Engineering and constru...Continue Reading »

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• 105. ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF INSURANCE COMPANIES TO THE GROWTH OF SMEs: A CAS...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background The substantial growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) activity clearly marks SME as one of the most remarkable economic phenomena. SME is a business that is privately owned and operated with a small number of employees and relatively moderate volume of sales. The definition of SMEs varies from country to country depending on the level of development ...Continue Reading »

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• 106. IMPACT OF PENSION AND GRATIVITY ON THE LIFE OF RETIREES (CASE STUDY OF ADAMAWA S...

  » CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The administration of pension scheme is not a contemporary phenomenal or practice. Memorably, it can be traced back to 13BC. The earliest record of payment of public sector pension dates back to the Roman Empire times when in 13BC, Emperor Augustus Caesar paid pension to the Military and loyal civil servants to boost their welfare. This ...Continue Reading »

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• 107. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSURANCE IN MINIMISING BUSINESS RISK IN NIGERIA (A CASE ST...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Risk is an essential part of business because firms cannot operate without taking risks. Risk is commonly associated with uncertainty, as the event may or may not occur. Risk implies exposure to uncertainty or threat (Kannan and Thangavel, 2008); and ‘a decision to do nothing explicitly avoids the opportunities that exist and leaving the t...Continue Reading »

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• 108. FACTORS INFLUENCING PERFORMANCE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN GHANA: A CASE STUD...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The insurance sector is one of the sectors with the highest investment ratio in the world. There are lots of insurance companies with large high capitalization density and funds employing very large numbers of employees with ease, and much larger numbers of people and business organizations which are covered by insurance benefits on the othe...Continue Reading »

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• 109. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF EXTENDING INSURANCE SERVICES TO OBA IN ANAMBRA STATE; ...

  » Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study The agricultural sector is a major economic sector and a critical source of livelihood in many developing countries (Mahul, 2011). Agricultural production has long been characterized by risk and exposure to such perils as drought, flood, fire outbreaks, and pests and diseases (Phillip and Ezeh, 1988). Risks and uncertainty have adverse effects o...Continue Reading »

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• 110. AN EVALUATION OF INSURANCE REFORMS IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.1 INTRODUCTION A major development in the financial sector of the Nigerian economy is the advent of insurance business. Insurance can be rooted for back to 1900 but its first significant indigenous incursion took place in 1969 when the National Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) was established. The practice of insurance business has growth dramatica...Continue Reading »

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• 111. THE IMPACT OF INSURANCE POLICES TO BUILDING PROJECT CONTRACT

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study A clear understanding of risk management process and practice within the construction industry is an important model for exploring the application and barriers of risk management in Nigeria. It will also help in identifying the ever present risk factors and their probability of occurrence in Nigerian projects. This chapter summarizes the whole work ...Continue Reading »

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• 112. INTANGIBILITY OF INSURANCE POLICY AS A SET BACK TO BETTER SERVICE DELIVERY IN NI...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Government reforms in the insurance industry through the current process of Insurance policy and consolidation are to restore confidence of the public in the market and enhance international competitiveness of local operators. Consequently, the principal objective of the reform is to have emergence of bigger and stronger players in the industry with enhanced capacity. The ...Continue Reading »

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• 113. THE IMPACT OF INSURANCE IN THE GROWTH OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA (A CA...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Before independence and shortly after the words, Nigeria depended solely on agricultural products for her foreign exchange earnings. The oil boom in the 70’s led to the Nigeria economy becoming an oil economy with a resultant neglect of the agricultural sector. The boom, attracted many oil producing company to Nigeria, exploration and prod...Continue Reading »

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• 114. MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE RATING IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY Losses and risks are inevitable, but human societies have created novel ways of reducing the burden of loss, the most effective being insurance. Insurance is a means whereby a person pays some sum of money called premium in order to indemnify self against loss of a belonging worth much more than the premium.When the belonging being indemnified is an aut...Continue Reading »

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• 115. Gender As Determinant Of Job Related Benefits In Organizations

  » ABSTRACT The study investigated the problem of gender inequality in job related benefits between male and female persons in organizations. Three hundred (300) government staff from various organizations in Anambra State, 150 male and 150 female workers with mean=34.79 years and SD = 33.58, served as participants. Nike Air Max 90 CamouflagDame A 10–item questionnaire was developed to measure ...Continue Reading »

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• 116. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAKE DRUGS AND PEOPLES PERCEPTION OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SY...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The usefulness of a good health care delivery system to any population is an obvious fact that cannot be over emphasized. A healthy individual is a valuable asset not only to himself, to his family, but also to his society. The World Health Organization (WHO) (1948) defined health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of ...Continue Reading »

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• 117. THE STUDY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING DIVORCE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Marriage can be defined as a legal union between husband and wife. It is recognized by all and publicly accepted by the society as a pre condition for the formation of the family. According to Osuafor (1990) marriage is the approval of social pattern whereby two or more persons establish a family. Marriage can then be said to be the process thro...Continue Reading »

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• 118. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES, PREVALENCE AND EFFECT OF FEMALE PROSTITUTION I...

  » ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the causes, prevalence and effect of female prostitution in Nigeria tertiary institutions using University of Abuja, FCT. To achieve this objective, four research questions and three research hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentages and tables to analyze research questions and Chi sq...Continue Reading »

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• 119. PERCEPTION OF CHILD ADOPTION IN IKWERRE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Adoption is establishment of parent child relationship which is non biological and largely non genetic (Lakshmi and Thanikachalam, 2007). It is the transfer of rights and responsibilities of a child from its birth parents to adoptive parents. Jones (2008) defines adoption as a mechanism by which adults legalize their parental relationship to non...Continue Reading »

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• 120. INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES AND PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS ON PSYCHOLOGI...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The Nigerian health sector is one of the most important and pivotal sectors for the Nigerian economy, its workers though constantly been looked down upon have always been doing their best in ensuring a healthy nations, this is because as the saying goes, that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. For Nigeria to achieve its economic goals and objecti...Continue Reading »

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