
TITLE (PROF/DR/): PROF | |||
NAME: OLUWAFEMI, OlaOluwa Joseph | |||
POSITION: PROFESSOR | |||
EDUCATION/TRAINING: | |||
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION | DEGREE | COMPLETION DATE | FIELD OF STUDY |
University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. | Ph.D.. | May/2011 | Psychology |
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria. | M.Sc. | June/1994 | Management |
University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos Nigeria | B. Sc. | Oct/1990 | Industrial Relations & Personnel Management |
Personal Statement
Laolu Oluwafemi is an academic and administrator with over 26 years teaching experience in Business Administration. Organizational Behavior and Industrial Psychology specializing in Personality, attitude and Behavior. I earned a B. Sc. and M. Sc degrees at the University of Lagos, and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Ibadan. I currently serve as Head, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences. I have served the University in various capacities; held various positions including Examination Officer both at the Faculty and Departmental Levels, Assistant and PG Coordinator, Member Conference Planning Committee. Chair of the Abstract for Conference Planning Committee, I have published in peer-reviewed international and national scholarly journals. I have supervised over 250 postgraduate students, including 8 doctoral candidates. I have attended national and international conferences and trainings, community service. I am deeply committed to academic excellence and impactful research, teaching and mentoring younger generation of scholars.
Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors.
- Ag: Head, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences. August 1, 2024 to date.
- Assistant PG Coordinator, Department of Business Administration, UNILAG: August 2014 to July 2016.
- Board Member, School of Postgraduate Studies, UNILAG, August 2015 to 2016.
Selected Most Recent Publications/ Contributions to Knowledge:
- Oluwafemi, O. J., & Malomo, B. I. (2025). Development and Validation of Workplace Abusive Delegation scale for Managers: An Exploratory Factor Analysis, Imagination, Cognition and Personality: Consciousness in Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice, pp. 1 – 19. doi:10,117702762366251338149
- Oluwafemi, O. J., & Ametepe K. P. (2023). Mediating role of emotional intelligence between organizational climate and transfer of learning among civil service employees, Journal of Workplace Learning, 35(5), pp. 417-431.Emerald publishing doi.org/10.1108/JWL-11-2022-0159
- Oluwafemi, O. J., & Ametepe, K. P. (2023). Workplace Ostracism, Silence, Optimism, and Organizational Citizenship behavior among Teaching Hospital Nurses in Lagos Metropolis, UNILAG Journal of Business, 9, 1. pp. 67 – 83.
- Oluwafemi, O. J., Ametepe, K. P. & Onyeisi, V. (2023). Organizational climate as Predictors of Commitment among Generations X and Y employees of a Commercial Bank in Lagos, UNILAG Journal of Business, 9, 1., Pp. 130 – 148.
- Oluwafemi, O. J., Gbajumo-Sheriff, M. & Ametepe, K. P. (2023). Predictors of Presenteeism among employees in the Nigerian Banking Industry, Christopher University Journal of Management and Social Sciences, 3(2), pp. 1 – 19.