Effect of Employees’ Educational Attainment on Corporate Entrepreneurship Performance in Selected Companies in Kwara State, Nigeria
Effect of Employees’ Educational Attainment on Corporate Entrepreneurship Performance in Selected Companies in Kwara State, Nigeria

Summary/Abstract: This study examined the effect employees’ educational attainment has on corporate entrepreneurship performance in selected companies domiciled in Ilorin the capital of Kwara State in Nigeria. Ten companies located in Kwara State were purposefully selected from which 300 respondents were randomly selected. The respondents differed in their functional positions to capture various employees’ viewpoints across a variety of management and employee grades, as well as across different teams and departments. The study examines corporate entrepreneurship performance from the dimension of organizational innovativeness and organizational risk propensity. Regression analysis was used to examine the effect of independent variable on the dependent variables. From the results generated in line with the specific objectives, the study found that employees’ educational attainment significantly contribute to organizational innovativeness and organizational risk-taking, as significant dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship performance. However, employee’s educational qualification contribute significantly more to organizational risk taking, with R2 = 0.549, which is greater than organizational innovativeness (R2=0.321).Keywords: educational attainment; corporate entrepreneurship; performance; risk-taking; innovativeness; performance

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