Abstract
The study investigated the effect of cognitive crafting on the graduation rate of students in Federal Universities, South East, Nigeria. The study is anchored on Elgar’s Performance Theory of organizations. The survey research method was adopted for the study, making use of structured questionnaire as instruments for data collection. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Hypotheses were tested using the simple linear regression. The study found that cognitive crafting had significant positive effect on the graduation rate of students in Federal Universities, South East, Nigeria (r 0.803; P < 0.05). It was therefore, concluded that cognitive capabilities which promote students’ graduation rate enhances the overall performance of Universities in South East, Nigeria. The study recommended that Universities should be properly funded to encourage the employment and retention of professionals with cognitive capabilities that would enhance students’ graduation rate and overall performance of the Universities.
 
 JEL: B10; A02; C06
 
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Highlights
Cognitive job crafting which is a component of job crafting design, is the acquisition of general intellectual or mental competencies and skills necessary to excel in a given curriculum and attain expected goals
2.1 Objective of the Study The main objective of the study was to ascertain the effect of employee cognitive crafting on graduation rate of students in Federal Universities, South East, Nigeria
Graduation rates are a measure of the main outputs of higher education, and we report that output here
Summary
Cognitive job crafting which is a component of job crafting design, is the acquisition of general intellectual or mental competencies and skills necessary to excel in a given curriculum and attain expected goals. Employees modify their jobs to suit their individual needs, preferences and convenience (Berg, Dutton and Wrzesniewski, 2008) instead of performing the job as created by the organization. In this situation, employees are seen as being responsible for their work results. As employee working conditions get unpredictable and unclear, it becomes necessary to encourage team-work and support creative employees that can favorably job-craft, interdependency and synergy in today's organizations These changes of working life influences the application of job design or job crafting theory in business organizations (Cullinane, 2013). The behaviour of employees in the Universities become part of the service and influences overall perception about the university
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