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VOL. 9, ISSUE 1 (2024)
Office technology and management students` Digital industrial skills acquired for global work readiness in tertiary institutions
Authors
Philip Festus Ukata, Nonyelum P Okpokwasili
Abstract
The issue of digital
industrial skills acquisition has become an item on global agenda. As such, the
reason for this study “office technology and management students` digital
industrial skills acquired for global work readiness in tertiary institutions”.
Descriptive survey research design was adopted with a population of 1,013. The
sample size was 279, using Krechie and Morgan Table for determining a sample of
a known population. Self-developed questionnaire of five point rating scale was
used. Face and contents validity were
established using the opinions of three experts with trial-test on 20 students. Data collected were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha
with a coefficient value of 0.88. Out of 279 copies of questionnaire
distributed, 255 were correctly filled, retrieved, and used for data analysis.
Arithmetic mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data from research
question and spread in respondents’ views. Inferential statistics of analysis
of one-way analysis variance (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypothesis. A
Tukey Post Hoc Test of multiple comparisons was further conducted. Findings
revealed that social media digital industrial skills acquired by students were
at a very low level, and that students did not differ in their mean rating on
the level of social media digital industrial skills acquired for global work
readiness based on personal factors like training, experience and funding.
Among other things it was recommended that students should ensure that they go
into private certificates programmes in ICTs with root in social media digital
industrial skills before admission and during schooling to assist them in
global work readiness.
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Pages:1-6
How to cite this article:
Philip Festus Ukata, Nonyelum P Okpokwasili "Office technology and management students` Digital industrial skills acquired for global work readiness in tertiary institutions". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 9, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 1-6
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