Relationship Between Cognitive Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Creativity and Innovativeness among Technology Education Graduates in Niger and Kaduna States, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study established the relationship between cognitive intelligence, entrepreneurial creativity and innovativeness among technology education undergraduate students in Kaduna and Niger States, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at .5 level of significance. The study used survey method correlational research design. A total of 360 respondents comprising of 122 final year technology education undergraduate students from Federal University of Technology, Minna and 238 from Kaduna, Polytechnic Kaduna were used as population for the study. The two schools were selected using purposive sampling technique. Three instruments were used for data collections that include: Cognitive Intelligence test (CIT), Entrepreneurial Creativity Scale (ECS) and Entrepreneurial Innovative Scale (EIS). Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to established the reliability coefficient of CIT an3 while d found to be .83 while Cronbach’s Alpha statistics was used to established the reliability coefficient of ECS and EIS and found to be .90 and .91 respectively. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson’s r to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significant. Findings from the study revealed that there is positive significant relationship between cognitive intelligence and entrepreneurial creativity and innovation among technology education undergraduate students in Kaduna and Niger State, Nigeria. The study recommended that, lecturers teaching entrepreneurship should focus on enhancing the cognitive intelligence of technology education undergraduate students to promote their entrepreneurial creativity.