The study explore the relationship between social media communication and social anxiety among undergraduate students. The respondents were selected using a simple random technique. The data was collected by self-administered interview among 100 undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. The Instruments used for data collection includes; Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults (SAQ-A30) and The Internet Addiction Test (IAT). Study revealed that Facebook was the most common social media patronized with 36 (36.70%) patronage, followed by Instagram with 33 (33.70%), WhatsApp 19 (19.40%) and finally Twitter with 10 (10.20%). Based on the respondents, most students use the social media for social communications and seeking information. The level of social anxiety among most undergraduate students of Human Ecology faculty in Universiti Putra Malaysia is high because approximately two third of the respondents possessed the higher score in social anxiety level.This implies that most undergraduate students of Universiti Putra Malaysia are up to date in information gathering and the use of social network has helped to facilitate social interaction among fellow students and friends thereby reducing the likelihood of students suffering social anxiety disorder.
This study examines the influence of leadership on job performance among employees of selected government secondary schools in Lagos Nigeria. The study is a quantitative research which employed the stratified sampling technique, this criterion suits the present study because the employees in this study are already in sub-groups within stratified respectively. The participants selected for sampling were heterogeneous and stratified sampling ensured equal opportunity of the participants. with sample size of 108 employees for the study. Data were collected using online google form and were analyzed using statistical tool (SPSS 25.0). Pearson Chi-square test of independence and Multiple Regression were used to analyze the data. Findings of the descriptive analysis revealed that, the level of job performance and leadership were good. However, the level of job satisfaction was moderate. The study recommended amongst other, that in other to minimize the limitation of self-reporting data, further study is required to adopt a qualitative research technique, future researches should include other state holders such other agency as respondents.
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