4 - Covid-19 Lockdown and the ‘Work-From-Home’ Approach: The Effect on Nigerian Academics
Corresponding Author(s) : Titus Ojeyinka
Afrique et développement,
Vol. 48 No 2 (2023): Afrique et développement : Numéro spécial sur la pandémie de Covid-19 et l’économie africaine (Avec un texte révisé de la deuxième conférence commémorative annuelle Thandika Mkandawire) Guest Editor / Rédacteur invité Badar Alam
Résumé
Par une régression bivariée et multivariée, cet article examine l'effet du confinement provoqué par le Covid-19 et de l'approche « télétravail » sur les activités d’universitaires au Nigeria. Les résultats montrent que des facteurs tels que la fourniture inadéquate d’électricité, l'accès à l'électricité, la disponibilité d’un espace de travail et l'accès aux matériaux de recherche, l'état de santé et la fourniture de soins aux enfants et aux personnes âgées pendant le confinement ont été significativement associés à une baisse du temps consacré au travail universitaire. En revanche, l'enseignement ou l'apprentissage virtuel et la possibilité de travailler à domicile ont eu des effets positifs et statistiquement significatifs sur les heures de travail hebdomadaire. L'étude révèle également que les blocages dus au Covid-19 ont eu plus d’effets négatifs sur les chercheuses que sur leurs homologues masculins. Cela induit qu'un confinement prolongé nuira au système éducatif nigérian en impactant négativement les résultats de recherche en termes d'heures de travail hebdomadaire. Ainsi, les recommandations émanant de ces résultats sont discutées dans l'article.
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Guzman, D.B., Dowd, R., Khatiwada, L.K., Perrin, P., and Rivero, E., 2020, The impact of Covid-19 on community-based research in developing countries. University of Notre Dame, Keough School of Global Affairs. https://keough.nd.edu/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-community-based-research-in-developing-countries/. Accessed 14 June 2020.
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Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, 2020, COVID-19 Nigeria. https//www.ncdc. gov.ng. Accessed 14 June 2020
Ogunode, N.J., 2020, Impact of Covid-19 pandemic school close down on the research programme of higher institutions, International Journal of Advances in Data and Information Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 40–49.https://doi.org/10.25008/ijadis.v1i1.189
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Trading Economics, 2020, Nigeria—Teachers in Tertiary Education, Both Sexes. https://tradingeconomics.com/nigeria/teachers-in-tertiary-education-both-sexes-number-wb-data.html
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