Browsing by Author "Onayemi, Oluwakemi O."

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Indigenous Apprenticeship Systems as Mechanisms for Reducing Financial Inequality in Women-Owned SMEs in West Africa: A Systematic Literature Review
(Abuja Journal of Business and Management, 4(3), 2026) Onayemi, Oluwakemi O.; MICHAEL, ROSE OFEM; Adeniji, Chinyere G.; Adesanya, Oluwatoyin Deborah; Amoo, Adebola T.
This systematic literature review develops an integrative framework that synthesises Gender Empowerment Theory, the Resource-Based View (RBV), and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem perspectives to explain how indigenous apprenticeship systems in West Africa serve as mechanisms to reduce financial inequality in women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Following a PRISMA-compliant protocol that combines bibliometric and qualitative thematic analyses, the review synthesises 42 peer-reviewed articles retrieved from Scopus (2010–2026). Indigenous apprenticeship delivers a tripartite resource endowment—competency transfer, start-up capital, and network inscription—that formal financial and vocational institutions cannot replicate at equivalent cost, cultural legitimacy, or relational depth. However, patrilineal norms structurally bar most women from completing the full apprenticeship sequence, compounding discrimination in formal finance to produce a dual exclusion that single-domain interventions cannot resolve. Financial literacy emerges as the critical mediator between apprenticeship engagement and formal credit access, transmitted mainly through indigenous trade networks rather than formal schooling. Digital tools amplify rather than replace indigenous network capital, with the strongest empowerment effects among women who already have robust pre-existing networks. The review proposes a four-part policy architecture—gender-targeted post-apprenticeship capital grants, embedded financial-literacy modules, female master-mentorship programmes, and mobile-money linkage of graduation capital—that reforms rather than displaces indigenous institutions, advancing organisation studies by theorising informal institutions as simultaneous producers and gendered distributors of financial-inclusion outcomes.
THE EFFECT OF PHILANTHROPIC RESPONSIBILITY ON COMPETITIVENESS OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA
(International Organization Center of Academic Research (OCERINT), 2021) Gberevbie, Marvellous Aghogho Chidinma; Onayemi, Oluwakemi O.; Moses, Chinonye L.; Osibanjo, Omotayo A.; Onayemi, Oluwatosin O.
This paper examined the effect of philanthropic responsibility on competitiveness of private universities in Nigeria. The study population consists of 6 private universities in Southwest, Nigeria namely; Covenant University, Babcock University, Bowen University, Redeemers University, Mountain Top University, Afe Babalola University. The sample size was made up of 410 staff of selected universities which were selected based on stratified, random and convenient sampling techniques. In order to obtain relevant data for the study, a well-structured questionnaire was used as an instrument. Out of the 410 questionnaires distributed, a total of 353 were retrieved and duly analyzed. Data analysis was carried out with the aid of Partial Least Square/Structural Equation Modelling and statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software. The findings showed that philanthropic responsibility has a significant effect on competitiveness of private universities in Nigeria. The study recommends that educational institutions should ensure they engage in Philanthropic responsibilities in order to foster competitiveness which ultimately leads to educational performance.
Unsupervised learning analysis of European working condition
(Cogent Business & Management VOL. 11, NO. 1,, 2024) Adesina, Olumide S.; Adedotun, Adedayo F.; Alayande, Semiu A.; Efe-Imafidon, Emmanuel O.; Adesina, Tolulope F.; Okagbue, Hillary I.; Onayemi, Oluwakemi O.
Workers require good working conditions to enhance their job performance, in this study, we conducted a survey of European working conditions in 2022 and compared the results with that of 2016 using an unsupervised learning approach for exploratory data analysis and determining the relationships. Hence, the Principal Component Analysis (PCA ) was adopted. The analyses were in two parts for both the 2016 and 2022 surveys. Following the PCA , the first part shows that European workers are mostly characterized by cheerfulness and good spirits. The second part reveals that European workers are best characterized by enthusiasm in their work. Test statistics showed that the European working condition for the two periods does not differ significantly. The working conditions in Europe have not been altered in the space of six years. This study recommends that the working condition in Europe should be improved so that employers would continue to give their best.