Self-Management of Emotional Intelligence and Its Effect on the Innovativeness Component of Entrepreneurship Orientation

Abstract

Abstract: The study examined self-management competence of emotional intelligence as it relates innovativeness variable of entrepreneurial orientation. The study used primary data that were generated via questionnaires that were administered on the selected respondents. Descriptive statistics, correlation and other diagnostics were used to analyze the data and to test the hypotheses. The study found a statistically significant relationship between self-management and innovativeness of the entrepreneur. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that the management of tertiary institutions in kogi state should encourage their staff to develop a natural tendency towards entrepreneurship. Also, management should allow staffs take actions without waiting for instructions. Staff of tertiary institutions should be further encouraged to identify opportunities and be creative in how they perform any work given to them. It is important for staff of tertiary institutions in kogi state to be aggressive in competing. In the office, there may be just one vacancy and lots of staff may be interested in taking the vacant post. Management of the tertiary institutions should strive to ascertain staff intelligence type before they train them to become autonomous. Also, management of the tertiary institutions in kogi state should ensure that professional seminar should always be organized on emotional intelligence for staff across tertiary institutions in order to enhance their level of entrepreneurial orientation.