INFLUENCEOFHUMANRELATIONSANDPROBLEM-SOLVINGSKILLSON SELF-RELIANCE OFBUSINESSEDUCATIONGRADUATES
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2025
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Faculty of Education, Kwara State University, Malete
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This paper examined the influence of human relations, innovation and problem-solving skills on
self-reliance of business education graduates in South-West, Nigeria. The descriptive survey
design was adopted for the study while the population of the study consisted of 223 postgraduate
Business Education students in the Universities in South-West, Nigeria. Since the population is
manageable, the entire population of 223 respondents was used as the sample size for the study.
A well structured questionnaire on 4 point-scale was used as instrument for data collected and
was validated by three experts from Department of Business and Entrepreneurship Education,
Kwara State University, Malete while the reliability test for the instrument yielded coefficient a
0.87 using Cronbach Alpha. From the data collected frequency counts and percentage were
used for demographic data, while mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the
research questions. Hypotheses were tested using independent samples t-test at 0.05 level of
significance. Findings revealed that the human relations skills positively influenced self-reliance
(mean = 3.25, SD 0.55) of Business Education graduates. Also, human relations skills positively
influenced self-reliance (mean = 3.33, SD = 0.64). In addition, problem-solving skills influenced
self-reliance (mean = 3.12, SD = 0.96). Furthermore, it was found that there was a significance
difference in the mean perception of male and female respondents regarding the influence of
human relations skills on Business Education graduates’ self-reliance (t218 = 0.01, P<0.05).
There was a significant difference between the mean perception of respondents from federal and
state universities regarding the influence of problem solving skills on self-reliance of Business
Education graduates (t218 = 0.001, P>0.005). There was also a significant difference between
the mean perception of respondents from federal and state universities regarding the influence of
problem-solving skills on self-reliance of Business Education graduates (t218 = 0.001; P>0.05).
It was concluded that no matter how efficient entrepreneurs may be in their businesses, if they
lack human relations, problems-solving and innovation skills such as ability to develop new
ideas to create new products and ability to open up a new market, success may still become a
mirage since it will be hard to compete with competitors as well as meeting the needs of the
society. It was recommended among others, that Business Education lecturers in the
Universities should ensure that human relations skills needed are taught more vigorously
through demonstration and practical methods to enable the graduates to open and manage small
enterprises effectively. Also, Business Education graduates should as a matter of urgency enroll
in business school for training in the area of human relations, innovation and problem solving
skills which are needed for self-reliance.
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Mamman, J.S. , Prof. Lawrence F. ADEMILYI & Joseph A. Mafikuyomi (2025): Influence of Human Relations and Problem-Solving Skills on Self-Reliance of Business Education Graduates. KWASU International Journal of Education. 7 (2); 176-191