Assessment of Views of Business Education Graduates on the Effect of Technological Advancement on their Employability in Nigeria Labour Market

Abstract

The study investigates the effect of technological advancement on the employability business education graduates in Nigeria labour market. The study had four specific objectives and, as a guide, four null hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey design method was adopted for the study. Four rating structured questionnaire titled “Modern Technology and Employability skills” (MTES) was employed to generate data from 89 respondents that participated in the 2012/2013 business education postgraduates entry examination. Data collected were coded using SPSS to run Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient to test null hypothesis one. Chi-square was used to test null hypothesis two, while ANNOVA was used to test null hypotheses three and four. All the four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis reveals, among other findings, that business education curriculum contents in Nigeria do not equip students with generic skills required for their employability in Nigerian labour market in the present advanced technological era. Based on the findings, the researchers recommend that all the major skills in the modern technologies needed by the Nigerian labour market should be integrated into the curriculum of business education programme in Nigerian universities.