Effect of Employees’ Educational Attainment on Corporate Entrepreneurship Performance in Selected Companies in Kwara State, Nigeria
Keywords:
educational attainment, corporate entrepreneurship, performance, risk-taking, innovativeness, performance.Abstract
This study examined the effect employees’
educational attainment has on corporate
entrepreneurship performance in selected
companies domiciled in Ilorin the capital of
Kwara State in Nigeria. Ten companies located in
Kwara State were purposefully selected from
which 300 respondents were randomly selected.
The respondents differed in their functional
positions to capture various employees’
viewpoints across a variety of management and
employee grades, as well as across different teams
and departments. The study examines corporate
entrepreneurship performance from the dimension
of organizational innovativeness and
organizational risk propensity. Regression
analysis was used to examine the effect ofÂ
independent variable on the dependent variables.
From the results generated in line with the
specific objectives, the study found that
employees’ educational attainment significantly
contribute to organizational innovativeness and
organizational risk-taking, as significant
dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship
performance. However, employee’s educational
qualification contribute significantly more to
organizational risk taking, with R2 = 0.549, which
is greater than organizational innovativeness
(R2=0.321).
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