INDIVIDUAL FRUSTRATION AND INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT
AMONG YOUTH
(A CASE STUDY OF IMT ENUGU)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE STUDY
1.3
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.4
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
1.5
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1.6
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
1.7
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
1.8
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.9
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 REVIEW OF
RELATED LITERATURE
2.1
THE CONCEPT OF FRUSTRATION AND CONFLICT
2.2
FRUSTRATION AND CONFLICT
2.3
VIEWS OF CONFLICT
2.4
STAGS OF CONFLICT
2.5
CAUSES OF FRUSTRATION AND CONFLICT
2.6
EFFECTS OF INDIVIDUAL FRUSTRATION
2.7
CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS AND MANAGEMENT
REFERENCES
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH DESIGN
AND METHODOLOGY
3.1
RESEARCH DESIGN
3.2
AREA OF STUDY
3.3
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
3.4
SAMPLE AND SAMPLING PROCEDURE
3.5
INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION
3.6
VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT
3.7
RELIABILITY OF THE STUDY
3.8
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
3.9
METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS.
REFERENCES
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 DATA PRESENTATION
AND ANALYSIS
4.1
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
4.2
TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS
4.3
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 DISCUSSIONS,
RECOMMENDATION CONCLUSION
5.1
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS / FINDINGS
5.2
CONCLUSION
5.3
IMPLICATION OF THE RESEARCH FINDINGS
5.4
RECOMMENDATION
5.5
SUGGESTION OF FURTHER RESEARCHER
REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIXES
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Organizations do not always
operate exactly in the manner they are designed to the reason is that
organization are made up of people, who are not quite as predictable as a
machine might be with a machine assuming that it is being operated properly and
a good preventive maintenance programme is followed we can do reasons sure it
will perform confidently, but individuals are different. They have attitude,
emotions and expectations, and when these are frustrated conflict results.
Conflict is an unavoidable
ingredient of human society, becomes in human when it degenerate into bloodshed
and depravities. Hence, conflict has to be properly checked and managed since
certain amount of conflict can be constructive in any kind of human an
interaction.
However, individuals
frustration occurs when a motivated drive is block before reaching a desired
goal. For instance an individuals (a student) may be faced with an objective
external threat such as bad grades, the death of a beloved one, inadequate
finance etc.
That is, the student is
involved in seeking a specific goal. For example making an upper credit in HND,
and some thing happens to prevent him or her from realizing that goal.
According to Kagan and
Hauemann (1972, p 370) frustration of motive is “part of the price human beings
(students) must pay for the privileges of living (schooling) together”
resection to frustration include regression, aggression, withdrawal, fixation.
The major goal in this case should be to eliminate the barriers that are or
will be frustrating to students. Interpersonal conflict on the other hand is
that which exist between two or more individual (Rul and Byars: 1989, 0.188).
All human interaction is accompanied by since degree of conflict. Conflict is
the simultaneous arousal of tow or more incompatible motives resulting in
unpleasant emotions Keigan and Hanemann: 1972, p. 372). The essence of deciding
whom to put first among student is almost synonymous with conflict. Group
decision making produce even more confluent than individual decision. A healthy
organization is one which deal constructively with conflict. At this juncture,
it is worthy of note that the presence of certain degree of conflict among
student is not necessarily bad. Properly managed, conflict can be a sources of
progress the change, enhance knowledge, betters decision and sounder long-term
inter-personal relationship. But suppressed not managed conflict includes,
conflict can be highly dissipative, resulting in a, considerable amount of
confusion, bad feelings and ineffectiveness among students. The sources of
conflict includes competition, acquisition of power disagreement over values
and interest etc. for the for the purpose of this study the various types level
course of conflict, effect and approaches of resolving and managing conflict,
writer will examine focusing attention on students of IMT, Enugu. The institute
of management and technology (IMT) Enugu
came into existence under the then East central state edit no 10 of 1973
promulgated by the administrator of East
Central State.
Ajie Ukpabi Asika, prior to the establishment of IMT there existed up till
1967, the college of technology which offer courses in Engineering and
laboratory technology leading to the award of ordinary diploma level, the
institute of administration which provided short in services training for civil
servant of various grades, the co-operative college which offered a certificate
course in co-operative studies to co-operative studies to co-operative
inspections from the ministry.
These institutions were
autonomous and located differently. The college of technology, which was part
of ministry of education was directly controlled by the ministry. The institute
of administration was also controlled by the ministry of establishment while
the other was directly.
Under the ministry of rural
development, all this institution were staffed by civil servants who were
posted there from the ministry and could be reported to other departments or
ministries according to the need of the civil service. In 1970, there argues
the need to establish a higher institution of learning by upgrading the
training of men and women in technology, managerial and engineering fields.
This need was vigorously pursed and in October 1971, the Upabia Asika
Administration decided to merge the former college of technology with the
institution of administration to give effect to this decision, both the college
came under the unified control of the cabinet
office on 1st
April 1972.
In October of that same year
a provisional council was appointed by the administrator of east central state
for a specific function. This council was charged with determining and recommend
to the government appropriate structure of an autonomous institution that would
provide high quality technologist and technicians, as well as professional
managerial and manpower in to be indicated by the state and national needs. The
council pursued it task with urgour and imagination and submitted a report
early in April, 1973 tiled “the institute of management and technology (IMT) Enugu.
Dr Ukwu I Ukwu became the 1st
chairman of the council, while professor M. O. Chijioke became the first
rector, followed by Dr. CC Njeze and presently Dr. Tony Ezenweze Onyeisi.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Most often than not there
has been some agitation about individual frustration and interpersonal conflict
among student of IMT it is other that the method of resolving these phenomenon
is not satisfying or that institution does not actualized it.
This frustration and
conflict mashes these student to be individual0 in attending to their lectures,
disregard the rules and regulation of the institutions; a lineate fellow
students and so no however some students were able to overcome the impact of
frustration and conflicts, but others are seriously affected despite the fact
that some amount of conflict is important. What are the cause of this
individual’s frustration and interpersonal conflict among student of IMT? Is it
as a result of the institutions why is it prevalent among these student.
1.3
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
Thus is what the researcher
seeks to find out.
1)
To determines the cause of frustration and interpersonal conflict
among IMT students.
2)
To determine the effect of conflict on academic performance
of IMT students.
3)
To identify way of overcoming conflicts among IMT students.
4)
To find out whether conflict has brought as about disharmony.
5)
Finally, to recommend solution to these frustration and
interpersonal conflict.
1.4
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of the study is in
IMT Enugu concentration would be made more on individual frustration because it
is a fundamental area of focus for student and goes a long way in determining
their behaviour as regards their academic suit.
1.5
RESEARCH QUESTION
1.
What are the causes of frustration among IMT student?
2.
Has individual interpersonal any effect on the academic
performance of these students?
3.
Have the students any way of overcoming frustration?
4.
Has conflict created disharmony among the students of IMT.
1.6
RESEARCHER HYPOTHESIS
Ho: Most students of IMT are not frustrated by
external factor or client.
Hi: Most students of IMT are frustrated by
external factor or client.
Ho: Individual frustration and interpersonal
conflict does not results in an anxiety and other unpleasant emotion in most
students of IMT.
Hi: Individual frustration and interpersonal
conflict results in an anxiety and other unpleasant emotion in most students of
IMT.
Ho: conflict doe not enable out for pent-up
tension and educational experience among the students of IMT.
Ho: conflict among IMT students does not rise as
a result of misinformation perceptual difference and competition.
Ho: conflict among IMT students rise as a result
of misinformation perceptual difference and competition.
Ho: Individual frustration among IMT students
does not cause aggression, withdrawal and apathy.
Ho: Individual frustration among IMT students
causes aggression, withdrawal and apathy.
1.7
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
There are different
categories of people that will benefit form this research study. They include
the school management, students, lectures, the society out large and so on. It
is expected that this study will finish. The students and management with
enough insight into the role of conflict in an organization. By understanding
what conflict is all about, they will be able understand the good and the bad
side of it. they will decide on whether to make more conflict available or to
find a proper management approach and as well a way to resolve conflict.
Again, the government will
also benefit from this research study by understanding those areas in the
environment, where it can play a vital role in helping to minimize the frustration
of youth (students) by providing the necessities of life.
Further more, organization
will also benefit form his study by utilizing the constructive effect of
conflict and determine the level or stages it can allow conflict to linger.
1.8
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This study is faced with
some constrains such as time, finance, non-response. The time required to
complete this work is too shorts as regards to the semester. Also going about
to obtain data, required adequate finance to enable enough data to cover the
scope of this work or study.
Non-response is another
problem that militate against the obtaining of enough data because interview
and questionnaire are the main sources of data.