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Direct linkOsuagwu, Linus – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: The study aims to explore, via empirical evidence, executive assessment of Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduates in Nigerian companies. Design/methodology/approach: The research utilized a descriptive research design with structured questionnaire developed from relevant extant literature. Relevant data analysis, including…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries, Corporations
Mary, Agboola Bolapeju – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2022
The study determined how employers' assessment of graduates' utilization of employability skills influences organizational growth and sustainable development in Nigeria. The design was ex-post facto with a population of 42 registered business organisations in Nigeria. Thirty-five organisation employers and 492 graduate employees were sampled…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications, Sustainable Development
Download full textMohammed, Dahiru Sale; Ismail, Sarimah – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
The current curriculum of Electrical Technology Education (ETE) of Nigerian Universities has been criticized for not meeting the desired challenges. The personal attribute skills were found are not integrated in the curriculum. Hence, a study was conducted to determine the types of personal attribute skills, their respective indicators and to…
Descriptors: Energy, Technology Education, Personality Traits, Administrator Attitudes
Igwe, Paul Agu; Lock, Deborah; Rugara, David Gamariel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2022
Employability is a set of skills, knowledge and personal attributes that make an individual adapt to changes in the labour market. This study applies 'Human Capital Theory' (HCT) and the 'theory of Interrole Learning Transfer' (ILT) to examine factors which affect the attitudes, motivations and actions of learners towards their future…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Higher Education, Human Capital
Ofoha, Dorothy; Iwuchukwu, Onyeka – Open Praxis, 2018
This tracer study was designed to track National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) graduate nurses in their places of work with a view to ascertaining their level of professional competency and to explore employers' expectation of graduate competencies. The study employed the descriptive survey design. Participants included 222 NOUN…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Job Skills, Distance Education, Nursing Education
Oluwalola, Felicia Kikelomo – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2019
The study examined business studies and employability skills development in junior secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis Kwara State. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A survey research designed was adopted for the study. The population of this study comprises all the 4570 teachers in all the private and public junior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Education, Junior High Schools, Junior High School Students
Egbenta, Idu Robert – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
There is wide claim that employers have a high level of dissatisfaction associated with graduates from Nigeria higher institutions of learning. This paper examines whether graduates of estate management in Nigeria higher institutions have employability skills for productive employment. The study randomly sampled 59 principal partners or heads of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Job Skills, College Graduates
Adebakin, Azeez B.; Ajadi, O. Timothy; Subair, S. 'Tayo – African Higher Education Review, 2015
University is a place where skilled labour is produced for societal and global consumption. This is premised on the fact that education provided at this level enhances human capital development, which widens employment opportunities. However, there seems to be a disparity between the skills required and those possessed by graduates from Nigerian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Skill Analysis
Kayode, David Jimoh; Yusoff, Nurahimah BtMohd; Veloo, Arsaythamby – African Higher Education Review, 2015
University education in Nigeria has been recognized for its role in pertinent workforce training for the benefit of learners and the community. However, the role of university education in stimulating national economic growth and transformation exacerbates the need to ensure quality within the universities system. The quality and focus of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Surveys, Preservice Teacher Education, Schools of Education
