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Gberevbie Daniel Eseme Idowu

Contents

  1. College
  2. School
  3. Department
  4. Research Interests
  5. Awards & Honours
  6. Teaching Areas
  7. Current Postgraduate Supervision
  8. Selected Publications (58)
  9. Collaboration/Linkages
  10. Conferences Attended
  11. Summary of Profile
  12. Curriculum Vitae

PROFESSOR Daniel Eseme Idowu Gberevbie

PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

B.Sc., M.Sc. & Ph.D. Political Science & Public Administration

College

College of Leadership and Development Studies

School

Departments (SLD)

Department

Political Science & International Relations

Research Interests

- Personnel Management (or) Human Resource Management

- Governance and Democracy

- E-Governance

- E-Government

- E-learning

- Development

- Leadership

- Public Policy and Analysis

- Ethical Issues

- Security Study

- Accountability

- Local Government Administration

- Gender Studies

- Corporate Governance

Awards & Honours

+++ Chief of the Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force (Air Marshall Sadique B. Abubakar) Award for ‘Personal Academic Development’ at the 47th Convocation Ceremony of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Nigerian Air Force Base, Kaduna, Nigeria, 27th July 2018.

+++ University of Benin Scholar (Faculty of Social Sciences Prize Winners) - Department of Political Science and Public Administration, 1993/94 Academic Session.

Teaching Areas

Courses Lectured – B.Sc. Degree Progamme (2003 - date

  1. Introduction to Political Science
  2. Introduction to Public Administration
  3. Basic Statistics for Social and Political Science (I)
  4. Basic Statistics in Social and Political Science (II)
  5. Conflict Resolution
  6. Traditional Administrative Systems in Nigeria
  7. Nigerian Government and Politics
  8. Public Personnel Management
  9. Strategic Management
  10. Contemporary Political Analysis
  11. Public Enterprises Management
  12. Personnel Administration
  13. Civil-Military Relations
  14. Public Administration in Nigeria
  15. Public Financial Management
  16. Research Methodology
  17. E-governance
  18. Public Budget
  19. Public Service Ethics
  20. Administrative Law
  21. Comparative Public Administration
  22. Manpower Planning (For Industrial Relations & HRM Department)
  23. Programme Evaluation
  24. Intergovernmental Relations

Courses Lectured – Postgraduate Programmes (M.Sc, MPA & PhD)

  1. Entrepreneurial Ethics
  2. E-governance
  3. Advanced Public Policy Analysis
  4. Ethics and Accountability in Administration
  5. Advanced Personnel Management
  6. Leadership in Management
  7. Nigerian Government and Politics

Current Postgraduate Supervision

- Postgraduate Supervision Completed: PGDPA (1), MPA (1), M.Sc. Dissertation (9) and PhD Thesis (4)
- Ongoing PhD Theses Supervision: 4

Selected Publications (58)

1. Electronic governance platform: towards overcoming the challenges of non-inclusion of citizens in public policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria

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2. Accountability for Sustainable Development and the Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria, 1999-2015

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3. Public Administration: A Conceptual Perspective

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4. Staff Training and Organizational Goals Attainment: A Study of Airtel Nigeria Networks

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5. ATTAINING A BETTER PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY THROUGH E-GOVERNANCE ADOPTION IN NIGERIA

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6. IMPERATIVE OF ETHICS TRAINING IN ORGANISATIONS

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7. CLOUD COMPUTING AND E-GOVERNANCE: CURRENT ISSUES AND DEVELOPMENTS

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8. Deregulation Policy and Development in Nigeria: The Petroleum Sector Experience, 1999-2014

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9. The Impact of e-Democracy in Political Stability of Nigeria

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10. EGovernance:StrategyforMitigatingNon InclusionofCitizensinPolicyMakinginNigeria

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11. Forms of Political Administrative Systems

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12. Ph.D Thesis: STAFF RECRUITMENT, RETENTION STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS IN NIGERIA

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13. Electronic Mediated Administration and Public Service Delivery in Nigeria

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14. Managing Employees in Higher Education Transformation: Exploring the Goal of Vision 10: 2022 of Covenant University, Nigeria

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15. Determinants of the Future of Vision 10:2022 of Covenant University, Nigeria

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16. ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA: EXPLORING THE COVENANT UNIVERSITY BUSINESS MODEL

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17. PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES: WHICH WAY NIGERIA?

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18. A Study of Multiple Work-life Balance Initiatives in Banking Industry in Nigeria

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19. Relationship Modeling between Work Environment, Employee Productivity, and Supervision in the Nigerian Public Sector

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20. Post-Colonial Nigeria: Power and Politics in the First Republic, 1960-66

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21. Military Means to Conflict Resolution: Peacekeeping, Peace-Enforcement and Peace-Making

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22. Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria

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23. Employee Retention Strategies and Organizational Performance

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24. Revenue Management at the Local Government Level in Nigeria

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25. Staff Recruitment and Its Effect on Organizational Performance

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26. Political Culture and Good Governance in Nigeria

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27. Democratic Governance and Development: Nigeria’s Experience

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28. Public Policies and Crisis of Confidence: An Empirical Analysis of the Nigerian State

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29. Exploring the Benefits of Staff Retention Strategies and Performance in the Nigerian Brewery Industry

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30. Privatization and the Future of Public Sector in Nigeria

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31. Viable Leadership and the Goals of NEPAD

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32. The Down-Stream Petroleum Sector and National Development: An Analysis of the Deregulation Policy as a Strategy

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33. Recruitment and Quality Academic Staff Selection: The Case Study of Covenant University

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34. The Role of Information and Communication Technology on Transparency, Trust and Good Governance in Nigeria (14th European Conference on eGovernment)

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35. POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA: WHICH WAY NIGERIA?

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36. Creating Enabling Environments for Small and Medium Enterprises to Contribute to Nigerian Development

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37. Cost of Governance in Nigeria: In Whose Interest?

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38. Organizational Retention Strategies and Employee Performance of Zenith Bank in Nigeria

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39. WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA, 1999-2012

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40. The Challenges of Good Governance, Accountability of Governmental Agencies and Development in Nigeria

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41. IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ON FINANCIAL SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN NIGERIA

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42. Staff Indiscipline and Productivity in the Public Sector in Nigeria

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43. An Appraisal of Staff Recruitment and Retention Policies of Delta State Civil Service in Nigeria

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44. Personnel Recruitment and Retention Strategies in Lagos State Civil Service of Nigeria

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45. Strategies for employee recruitment, retention and performance: Dimension of the Federal civil service of Nigeria

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46. Leadership and Accountability:The Challenges of Development in Nigeria

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47. Federal Character Principle and Administrative Effectiveness in the Nigerian Public Service: Challenges and Prospects for Sustainable Development, 1999-2012

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48. Civil Society, Democratic Governance and Development in Nigeria, 199-2012

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49. Leadership, the financial sector and development in Nigeria

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50. Democracy and the Future of the Nigerian State

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51. Democracy, Democratic Institutions and Good Governance in Nigeria

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52. WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA, 1999-2012

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53. Ethical Issues and Nigeria’s Quest for Development

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54. An Empirical Study of Gender Discrimination and Employee Performance among Academic Staff of Government Universities in Lagos State, Nigeria

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55. Exploring the Benefits of Staff Retention Strategies and Performance in the Nigerian Brewery Industry

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56. Organizational Retention Strategies and Employee Performance of Zenith Bank in Nigeria

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57. Nigerian Federal Civil Service: Employee Recruitment, Retention and Performance

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58. Democratic Governance and Development: Nigeria’s Experience

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Collaboration/Linkages

Professional Body Membership
-Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN)
-Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA)
-Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM)

Conferences Attended

- Abasilim, U.D., Gberevbie, D.E. and Osibanjo, A. (2018) “Do Leadership Styles Relate to Personnel Commitment In Private Organisations In Nigeria?” A paper presented at the 14th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance. Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading, held at HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands. 18th – 19th October.

-Abasilim, U.D., Gberevbie, D.E. and Osibanjo, A. (2018) “Canonical Analysis of Perceived Leadership Styles and Employees’ Commitment in Nigeria.” A paper presented at the 14th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance. Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading, held at HU University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands. 18th – 19th October.

- Gberevbie, D., Iyoha, F., Ayo, C., Abasilim, U. and Ojeka, S. (2016) “E-Government: A Possible Catalyst for Good Governance in Nigeria?” Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2016). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK, at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana Slovenia, Conference Proceedings Citations Index (CPCI), Scopus/Thomson Reuters. 16th-17th June.

- Gberevbie, D., Ayo, C., Iyoha, F., Ojeka, S. and Abasilim, U. (2016) “E-Governance and Accountability: Towards Achieving the Goals of Public Agencies in Nigeria.” Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2016). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK, at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana Slovenia, Conference Proceedings Citations Index (CPCI), Scopus/Thomson Reuters. 16th-17th June.

- Iyoha, F., Jinadu, O., Ayo, C., Gberevbie, D. and Ojeka, S. (2016) “E-Government Adoption and Environmental Bonuses: A Study of Nigeria and the United Kingdom.” Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2016). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK, at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana Slovenia, Conference Proceedings Citations Index (CPCI), Scopus/Thomson Reuters. 16th-17th June.

- Ojeka, S., Iyoha, F., Ayo, C., Gberevbie, D. and Ogundana, B. (2016) “E-Governance and Public Sector Financial Disclosures: Analysis of Government Agencies in Nigeria.” Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2016). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK, at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana Slovenia, Conference Proceedings Citations Index (CPCI), Scopus/Thomson Reuters. 16th-17th June.

- Ojeka, S., Iyoha, F., Ibidunni, A., Ayo, C. and Gberevbie, D. (2016) “Role of e-Governance in Nigeria’s tax System: Strategy Perspective to Enhancing Compliance.” Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2016). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK, at the Faculty of Administration, University of Ljubljana Slovenia, Conference Proceedings Citations Index (CPCI), Scopus/Thomson Reuters. 16th-17th June.

-Gberevbie, D., Ayo, C., Iyoha, F., Duruji, M. and Abasilim, U. (2015) “e-Governance: Strategy for Mitigating Non-inclusion of Citizens in Policy Making in Nigeria.” Paper presented at the 15th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2015). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK at the University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth – United Kingdom. Conference Proceedings Citations Index (CPCI), Thomson Reuters. 18th – 19th June.

-Duruji, M., Ayo, C., Gberevbie, D. and Oluranti, J. (2015) “The Impact of E-Democracy in Political Stability of Nigeria.” Paper presented at the 15th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2015). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK at the University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth – United Kingdom.. Conference Proceedings Citations Index (CPCI), Thomson Reuters. 18th – 19th June.

-Oni, S. and Gberevbie, D.E. (2015) “e-Administration and the Nigerian Public Sector.” Paper presented at the 2nd Covenant University Conference on e-Governance in Nigeria (CUCEN 2015). Organized by Covenant University in collaboration with the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Covenant University, Ota – Ogun State, Nigeria, 10th – 12th June.

-Iyoha, F.O., Gberevbie, D.E., Egharevba, M.E. and Iruonagbe, C.T. (2015) “Managing Employees in Higher Education Transformation: Exploring the Goal of Vision 10: 2022 of Covenant University, Nigeria.” A Paper presented at the 9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED). Madrid, Spain. 2nd – 4th March.

-Iyoha, F.O., Gberevbie, D.E., Iruonagbe, C.T. and Egharevba, M.E. (2015) “Cost of Governance in Nigeria: In Whose Interest?” A paper presented at the ICBETM 2015: XIII International Conference on Business, Economics and Tourism Management, organized by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET), Holiday Inn, Wembley, London, 19th – 20th January.

-Gberevbie, D.E, Ayo, Charles K., Oni, Aderonke and Folarin, S. (2014) “The Role of Information and Communication Technology on Transparency, Trust and Good Governance in Nigeria.” A Paper presented at the 14th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2014). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK at Spiru Haret University, Brasov – Romania, 12th – 13th June

-Folarin, S., Ayo, Charles K., Oni, Aderonke and Gberevbie, D.E. (2014) “Challenges and Prospects of e-Elections in Nigeria.” A Paper presented at the 14th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2014). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK at Spiru Haret University, Brasov – Romania, 12th – 13th June.

-Oni, Aderonke, Ayo, Charles K., Mbarika, V., Gberevbie, D.E. and Folarin, S. (2014) “E-Democracy Implementation: The Imperative of Agenda Setting.” A Paper presented at the 14th European Conference on e-Government (ECEG, 2014). Organized by Academic Conference and Publishing International, Reading – UK at Spiru Haret University, Brasov – Romania, 12th – 13th June.

- Gberevbie, D.E., Osibanjo, A.O., Adeniji, A.A. and Oludayo, O.A. (2014) “An Empirical Study of Gender Discrimination and Employee Performance among Academic Staff of Government Universities in Lagos State, Nigeria.” A paper presented at the ICMSS 2014: International Conference on Management and Social Sciences (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology), London, Holiday Inn – Wembley, Empire Way, Wembley, Middlesex, UK. January 20th -21st

-Gberevbie, D.E. (2010) "Imperative of Leadership for Development and the Nigerian Banking Sector" A Paper Presented at the Leadership and Management Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa Conference (LMSSSA)at the Breakwater Lodge, Portswood Road, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town - South Africa, 21st - 24th November.

-Gberevbie, D.E. (2009) “Political Culture, Democracy and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria.” A Paper Presented at the 3rd National Conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lagos State University –Ojo, Lagos State of Nigeria on “Nigeria: Towards Stability and Consolidation.” 24th–26th March.

-Gberevbie, D.E. and Iyoha, F.O. (2005) “Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria.” A Paper Presented at the National Conference on Corruption and Cost of Governance organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State of Nigeria, held between 4th and 6th July.

Summary of Profile

Prof. Daniel Eseme Idowu Gberevbie currently lectures at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. He holds a B.Sc. Degree (Second Class Upper Division) in Political Science and Public Administration and M.Sc. Degree in Public Administration from the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, between 1992 and 1998, and obtained a Ph.D Degree in Public Administration from Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria in April 2008.

Before coming into academics, Prof. Daniel Gberevbie served as a Military Personnel (Nigerian Air Force) for 15 years in Kaduna, Kano and Benin City, Nigeria (1984-1999); and as Administrative Officer, later Operations Manager, Tropical Express Nigeria Limited, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria (1999-2003).

Prof. Daniel Gberevbie started his career in the academics as an Assistant Lecturer on 1st September 2003, at the then Department of Policy and Strategic Studies, now Department of Political Science and International Relations, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, where he rose to become a Professor on 1st August 2015. He served excellently well as Deputy Dean, in-charge of School of Social Sciences, made-up of four Departments: (a) Economics and Development Studies, (b) Mass Communication, (c) Political Science and International Relations, and (d) Sociology, all in the then College of Business and Social Sciences (2012-2015 Sessions); and a member of Covenant University Senate (2012 - date).

Furthermore, Prof. Daniel Gberevbie has served on various committees of the University either as Chairman or Committee Member, these include: Covenant University (CU) Postgraduate Board; University Curriculum Development Committee; Road Safety Committee; Security Committee; Research, Innovation and Discovery; Quality and Academic Standards; Ad-hoc Committee on Excess Workload; Strategic Planning Committee; Faculty Appointment and Promotion Committee; Library Committee; Staff and Students’ Appellate Committee; and CU Ad-hoc Committee on Salary Structure. In addition, Prof. Daniel Gberevbie has represented the Covenant University’s Vice Chancellor at different occasions such as guest at convocation ceremonies of other Universities in Nigeria, keynotes speaker and also given public lectures in various areas of human endeavours.

Prof. Daniel Gberevbie has been an internal assessor and examiner for the School of Postgraduate Studies of Covenant University. He has also served as an external assessor and examiner to different Universities in Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Prof. Daniel Gberevbie has travelled wide to examine PhD theses, attend and present academic papers in international conferences both at home and overseas, and has published articles in reputable peer-reviewed local and foreign journals, including books and book chapters in the field of Political Science and Public Administration Indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. In addition, Prof. Daniel Gberevbie has supervised a number of undergraduate final year Projects and Postgraduate Students of PGD, M.Sc., MPA Dissertations and Ph.D Theses (both completed and ongoing) in the field of Political Science, Public Administration, Industrial and Human Resource Management. Furthermore, Prof. Daniel Gberevbie has also taken part in the National Universities Commission (NUC) Team on Academic Programme Accreditation of Public Administration and Resource Verification of Human Resource Management Programme in Nigerian Universities.

Prof. Daniel Gberevbie’s areas of research interest include Personnel/Human Resources Management, Corporate Governance, Security Study, Ethical Issues and Accountability, Governance, e-Government and e-Governance, Public Policy, Leadership, Development Administration, Gender Politics and Local Government Administration. He is a professional member of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) and Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN).

Curriculum Vitae

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