ALAUSA WAHEED MOA-LIBERTY

Psychology

At the Psychology department office

Appointment on Visitation important

Topic: Industrial-Organisational Psychology

Description: Research into psychological and Social factors affecting Service delivery, Entrepreneurship, etc with specific preference for Health related issues in Industrial-Organisational Psychology .

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (Industrial-Organisational Psychology)	Psychology Department, University of Ibadan	2021

Online Transaction and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Psychological Distress during Covid-19 Lockdown

Literature is replete with factors affecting psychological distress in healthcare services, few is dedicated to small-scale businesses, moreover during the covid-19 lockdown. This study examined online transactions and entrepreneurial self-efficacy as predictors of psychological distress during Covid-19 lockdown among entrepreneurs. It was an expost-facto study conducted among 476 small business owners in Lagos State, using a cross-sectional design. Findings of the first hypothesis showed that small scale entrepreneurs that do not use online transactions during Covid-19 lockdown scored higher on the measure of psychological distress than their counterparts that use online transaction t= -3.02; df 474 ; P&.01 . The second hypothesis showed that small scale entrepreneurs with high self-efficacy scored lower on psychological distress t= -5.49; df 474 ; P&.01 . It was recommended that small businesses entrepreneur should appreciate their employees and have a programme of motivation for them so as to encourage them to work harder and enhance their self-efficacy.

ALAUSA WAHEED is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology

ALAUSA has a Ph.D in Industrial-Organisational Psychology from Psychology Department, University of Ibadan