The impact of employee education on Corporate Growth and Career Development in the Nigerian tertiary institutions

Abstract

The study investigated the impact of employee education on corporate growth and career development in tertiary institutions in South West, Nigeria. The study adopted a quantitative research method. A purposive sampling technique was used to select three universities out of all such institutions in the six states in the region. A proportional sampling technique was used to select 291 staff. Three instruments were used to elicit information from respondents tagged employee education questionnaire (EEQ), corporate growth questionnaire (CGQ), and career development questionnaire (CDQ). The instruments were subjected to a reliability test using SPSS version 21 where the reliability coefficient indicated at .901, .890, .811. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to analyze the hypotheses formulated at a .05 level of significance. The findings revealed that employee education has a significant impact on corporate growth where r = 745, p < .05. It further showed that employee education has a significant impact on career development where r = 807, p < .05. It concluded that employee education is the predictor of corporate growth and career development in tertiary institution in South West, Nigeria. In line with the findings of the study, it was recommended that the management of tertiary institutions should give prominence to employee education to boost staff morale and facilitate corporate growth and career development.