Technological Advancement and the Employability of Business Graduates in Nigeria
Amana, E. Augustine & Halilu, Ibrahim
ABSTRACT
Technological advancement and advancement in management sciences education are both required for improved productivity and economic growth; however the progress of the former can inhibit the latter. The survey design was used for the study. Data were collected through a simple, concise and precisely constructed questionnaire sent randomly to three hundred business education graduates deployed to various offices in Kogi State for the National Youth Service Corps between 2010 -2013. Half of the respondents provided the data which were presented in descriptive tables, and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique was used to test the results of the four hypotheses. Results of the tests indicate that technological advancement did not affect the employability of business education graduates in private and public sectors of Nigeria. Technological advancement also had no discriminatory effects on male and female business education graduates, neither did it affect the ability of business education graduates to establish and run their own private enterprises. It was recommended that governments should improve the quality of business education so as to enhance the productivity and employability of business education graduates.
Keywords: Technological, advancement, employability, graduates, business
