Human Resource Factors, Academic Curriculum and Employability of Educational Management Undergraduates in Southwest, Nigeria
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2023-12
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Lead City University
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It has been observed that graduates of Educational Management in Southwest, Nigeria seem to lack practical knowledge of their course as most of them are unable to put into practice what they have been taught. This study therefore examined human resource factors, academic curriculum and employability of educational management undergraduates in Southwest, Nigeria. Human capital and system theories guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was employed. Study population consisted of all Educational Management Lecturers (154) and 300 level undergraduates (1,201). Data was analysed using descriptive, inferential and thematic content analyses. Results showed low level of employability of educational management undergraduates in areas of competence (x̅=2.355) and attitude (x̅=2.434); low level of human resource factors in terms of lecturers’ classroom management (x̅=2.376) and instructional delivery (x̅=2.468) but high level in terms of lecturers’ educational qualification (x̅=2.643) and attitude (x̅=2.624); low extent of curriculum content (x̅=2.335) and curriculum delivery (x̅=2.441) for educational management undergraduates’ employability; high significant joint influence of human resource factors and academic curriculum on the employability of educational management undergraduates (F4, 143 = 3.361; P<0.05). Lecturers’ classroom management (β = .199; t = 2.719, P<0.05), instructional delivery (β = .191; t = 2.589, P<0.05), educational qualification (β = .93; t = 1.907, P<0.05), attitude (β = .91; t = 1.899, P<0.05), curriculum content (β = .201; t = 2.995, P<0.05) and curriculum delivery (β = .208; t = 3.157, P<0.05) had significant relative influence on the undergraduates’ employability. There was a significant institutional difference in the employability of the undergraduates (t(2), 852 = 2.721, P<0.05). It was recommended amongst others that human
resource factors be improved upon and curriculum be re-visited to ensure positive impact on the employability of undergraduates in Educational Management.
Keywords: Human resource factors, academic curriculum, employability, undergraduates, southwest.
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Human resource factors, academic curriculum, employability, undergraduates, southwest.