Abstract
Business education programme seems to have been faced with inadequate qualitative research in tertiaryinstitution in Nigeria. The study therefore, assessed the strategies for enhancing Business Education research.Two research questions and six hypotheses guided the study. A 66 item questionnaire was administered to 164colleges of education and 109 lecturers of universities in South South Nigeria making a total of 273 lecturers.The research questions were answered using mean and while z-test was used to test the null hypotheses. Thefindings revealed that the inability of students to source current literature, poor knowledge of researchprocedures by supervisors, poor knowledge of research procedures by students are some of the constraintsaffecting business education research. The findings also revealed that students’ ability to source current literature,knowledge of research procedures by supervisors and knowledge of research procedure by students can enhancebusiness education research. It was recommended that regular workshops and seminars should be organized forlecturers and students on how to supervise and write projects respectively; researchers should ensure that qualityinformation is generated from the study being investigated.
Highlights
The high rate of young graduates seeking white collar jobs in developing and developed countries has caused unemployment to many citizens
The findings revealed that the inability of students to source current literature, poor knowledge of research procedures by supervisors, poor knowledge of research procedures by students are some of the constraints affecting business education research
The result of the hypotheses revealed that there was no significant difference between male and female lecturers’ perception of constraints affecting business education research in tertiary institutions in Nigeria, there was no significant difference between college of education and universities lecturers’ perception of constraints affecting business education research and there was no significant difference between less experienced and experienced lecturers of colleges of education and universities perception of constraint affecting business education research in Nigeria
Summary
The high rate of young graduates seeking white collar jobs in developing and developed countries has caused unemployment to many citizens This was a serious concern to the education sectors so that skill acquisition programme was introduced to help to solve this problem. Research, the dissemination of existing and new information, the pursuit of service to the community; and being a store-house of knowledge. Higher institutions such as the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1963 started business education which was an aspect of vocational education programme which is aimed at imparting the necessary skills, attitudes, abilities and relevant knowledge to individuals to enable them to become gainfully employed in order to be self-reliant and reduce unemployment. The role of Business education as recorded in 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in section 16(1) – (3) of chapter 11, fundamentally provides for the role of Business education in the economy as follows
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