Lecturers’ Perception of Strategies for Enhancing Business Education Research in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

  • Okoro J
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Business education programme seems to have been faced with inadequate qualitative research in tertiary institution 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 164 colleges 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. 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 findings also revealed that students' ability to source current literature, knowledge of research procedures by supervisors and knowledge of research procedure by students can enhance business education research. It was recommended that regular workshops and seminars should be organized for lecturers and students on how to supervise and write projects respectively; researchers should ensure that quality information is generated from the study being investigated.

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Okoro, J. (2013). Lecturers’ Perception of Strategies for Enhancing Business Education Research in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria. Journal of Education and Learning, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.5539/jel.v2n4p102

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