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- Title
Trade Unions and Leadership in Nigeria's New Democracy: Issues and Prospects.
- Authors
Nwagbara, Uzoechi; Pidomson, Gabriel; Nwagbara, Ucheoma
- Abstract
Under authoritarian regimes, trade unions, which are one of the virile platforms to engage with state excesses through industrial disputes resolution for better organisational performance as well as expansion of democratic culture, are gagged. This is because the nature of governance in such instance is based on total power. Since Nigeria's political independence in 1960, there is a preponderance of military rule than civilian government, which has precipitated autocratic mode of governance. This has put the activities and the significance of trade unions in building distributed and democratic leadership that is transformational on the back burner. However, as new wave of democracy sweeps across the nation in the wake of the nation's return to democratic government, the participation of trade unions in the democratisation process is required for mobilising workers without fear or favour to agitate for their rights and for organisations to perform effectively. This will moderate the excesses of the state for smooth transition of the nation from authoritarianism to democracy. More than that, as the relationship between the state and trade unions is normalised in the process, this would contribute to high organisational performance as industrial disputes would be minimised, thus animating national growth and consolidation of the dividends of Nigeria' s new democracy.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; LABOR unions; LABOR leaders; DEMOCRACY; NIGERIAN politics &; government, 2007-; DISPUTE resolution; CORPORATE governance; ORGANIZATIONAL performance; AUTHORITARIANISM
- Publication
Petroleum - Gas University of Ploiesti Bulletin, Technical Series, 2013, Vol 65, Issue 3, p33
- ISSN
1224-8495
- Publication type
Article