IBRAHIM
ABUBAKAR MIKUGI, KOLO JOSHUA & ABDULLAHI ABDULKADIR NDAWANCIN
Department
of Business Administration and Management
Department
of Office Technology and Management
The Federal
Polytechnic, Bida
Email:
tatafoundation@hotmail.com, josnynkolo@yahoo.com & aawancin@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The zeal for diversification and sustainable
development is made possible through technological discoveries, innovation and commercialization;
this can be achieved through application of Technological Entrepreneurship. This
paper examined Technological Entrepreneurship as a catalyst for job creation
and Sustainable Development in Nigeria, using School of Engineering Technology,
Federal Polytechnic, Bida as a study area. The researchers adopted a structured
questionnaire using Five (5) Point Likert Scale Rating System to collect data
from Staff of School of Engineering Technology.
The population of staff in school of engineering technology one hundred
and eighty five (185). Eighty (80) questionnaires were distributed using a
Random Sampling Technique. The total of seventy (71) questionnaires were
returned. The Null hypothesis was stated as there is no significant
relationship between technological entrepreneurship and sustainable
development. The analysis of data was done
using Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) as obtained in Statistical Product and
Service Solution (SPSS). In line with the research finding, the Analysis of
Variance (ANOVA), shows that the P-Value as analyzed is 0.001 which is less than 0.05, this therefore shows that there is significant relationship between
Technological Entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. The reliability
statistics which is Cronbatch Alpha (ᾳ) was used, this test
shows that the items on the instrument are 73% reliable, which complements the significance
relationship as revealed by ANOVA. The paper concluded that whenever there is a breakthrough in research
and development, it is the place of technological entrepreneurship to
commercialize the achievements of technological efforts otherwise; it remains
in the laboratory without making any impact. Technological Entrepreneurship is
a vital element in Economic Diversification and Sustainable Economic
Development. Recommendations were given which include the need for
collaboration between school of engineering, research and publication committee
and Entrepreneurship Centre in order to adopt, commercialized and sustain new
research findings.
Keywords: Economic Diversification, Sustainable Development, Technological Entrepreneurship,
Innovation, Job Creation
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