Influence Of Technological Innovations On Business Education Lecturers’ Job Performance In Tertiary Institutions In Cross River State, Nigeria
Okoli, B. E.
Department Of Business Education, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
Abang, Maureen Barong
Department of Vocational Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
Keywords: Technological, Innovations, business education, lecturers’, job performance
Abstract
This study determined the influence of technological innovations on business education lecturers’ job performance in tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of the study, two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study consists of 136 business education lecturers in tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria; they were all involved in the study due to the manageable size of the population. A 14 item questionnaire titled “Technological Innovations and Business Education Lecturers’ Job Performance Questionnaire” (TIBELJPQ) was used for data collection. The TIBELJPQ was validated by three (3) experts. The overall Cronbach Alpha Reliability coefficient was 0.94. One hundred and thirty six (136) copies were successfully retrieved. The data collected were analysed using mean (X) and Standard Deviation (SD) to answer the research questions. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using independent t-test. The findings from data analysis showed that interactive whiteboard and multi projector, utilisation influenced business education lecturers’ job performance in tertiary institutions. While the test of hypotheses revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean responses of male and female business educators on the influence of interactive and whiteboard utilisation on lecturers’ job performance in tertiary institutions based on the year of experiences. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that institution’s management should organize workshops on how to use interactive whiteboards for lesson delivery, as this would ensure academic staff use the available IWBs to deliver their classes. The implications indicate that the lecturers of these institutions would perform their duties with ease, especially when they utilise these technological innovations