Crime is an integral part of every society. To a very large extent, it affects adequate functioning of the society. Over millennia, as the society has evolved, the patterns of perpetrating crime have also evolved. With globalisation and its inherent dependence on Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), new waves of crimes have swept the entire global community. Through time-space distanciation, these technologies have, on one hand, enhanced the traditional crimes and, on the other hand, created new waves of crimes. This study examines the effects of the coverage of ICTs on the perpetration of crime from and in Lagos and societal perception of those involved in cybercrimes. This study adopts the qualitative method of data collection. Four areas in Lagos were randomly selected based on their differential level of development and varying access to the digital world, and four focus group discussion sessions were held. Four case studies of those involved in cybercrimes were also conducted in each area. Content analysis was used for the analysis of data and ethnographic summaries were used to buttress the main themes of the findings that were deduced from the content analysis. The study found that the coverage of ICTs has positive effect on the existence of new waves of crime in Lagos. The farther a settlement is from the core and industrial part of Lagos, the lower the prevalence of these new waves of crime. Since all settlements in Lagos are woven into the wool of social interaction, these new waves of crime inevitably grow.
Work-values of employees often determine the attitude and disposition that they are likely to display, while discharging their daily duties. In addition to the extrinsic and intrinsic values attached to work by employees in organisations, social factors, such as family roles and responsibilities are also major determinant of how people conceive their jobs and tasks allocated to them. In essence, the conception that workers have about their jobs affect their level of commitment and performance. This study examined employees' construction of work-values. Specifically, the study highlighted work-values of staff in terms of gender, cadre and profession constructs. The self-determination theory explained the theoretical underpinnings the study. The research design was descriptive which relied on quantitative and qualitative research methods. A total of 312 questionnaires were administered and twenty-four in-depth interview conducted in six clustered departments. Qualitative and quantitative data were analysed using NVIVO and IBM_SPSS. The study submitted that staff's construct of work-values varied with regards to gender, cadre, and professions. Married female employees preferred the intrinsic part of their job, such as convenience, autonomy, and hours spent at work which allowed them to attend to their domestic roles of a wife and mother. The majority of the junior cadre conceived job security as illusionary, thereby, making them extrinsically oriented, however, work-values varied among the professions, which were clustered along departmental lines.
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