Abstract
The study was carried out to find out the relationship between demographic variables and emotional intelligence in employability skills of Electrical/electronic technology graduates in north western Nigeria. One research question was formulated and one null hypothesis was developed withing the research question for the study. Descriptive research design was adopted using quantitative approach with questionnaire for the study. The study population were final year students of Electrical/electronic technology from universities offering technical education in Northern Nigeria. A total population of 112 electrical/electrical technology students were used for the study, the whole population was used because of its manageable size. The instrument was validated by experts and the reliability coefficient value of 0.91 was obtained using Cronbach alpha reliability method. The data collected for the study were analysed using regression analysis to find the relationship between demographic variables and emotional intelligence in employability skills of Electrical/electronic technology in Northern Nigeria. The result of the model’s parameters (Beta values) and significance values in the analysis indicated that the influence of Age, Gender, Qualifications, types of university and Locations of Electrical/electronic technology graduates on their emotional intelligence competency is not significant (p>0.05). The study recommended that the 21st century labour employers should not consider Age, Gender, Qualifications, types of university and Locations as a barrier prerequisite for employment of electrical electronics technology graduates with emotional intelligent competence, as indicated in the result of the study finding that those variables has no significant relationship with respect to the emotional intelligence competence of electrical/electronic technology graduate in north western Nigeria.
Keywords; Electrical/electronic technology, Emotional Intelligence, Demographic variables.
Publication Date: 2023-12-09