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Hyginus Emeka Nwosu
Publications - 13
Citations - 167
Hyginus Emeka Nwosu is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Employability. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 11 publications receiving 66 citations.
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Graduate employability: How the higher education institutions can meet the demand of the labour market
TL;DR: In this paper, a focus group with 28 university professors, executives of the students industrial work scheme (SIWES), industry executives, executive officers of the Directorate of Employment and the HE course/programme leaders revealed substantial information about what the labour market actually requires from the higher education institutions (HEIs) and how the demands of the LM can be met by the HEIs in Nigeria.
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Enhancing graduate employability: Why do higher education institutions have problems with teaching generic skills?:
Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie,Paul Agu Igwe,Hyginus Emeka Nwosu,Beatrice Chinyere Eneje,Sunday Mlanga +4 more
TL;DR: One debate among business owners and policymakers centres on whether higher education institutions (HEIs) have failed to transform the younger generation by developing their competencies, skills, and capabilities as mentioned in this paper.
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Entrepreneurial competencies of undergraduate students: The case of universities in Nigeria
Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie,Paul Agu Igwe,Amos Aderemi Ayoola,Hyginus Emeka Nwosu,Clementina Kanu,Ifeanyi Kalu Mong +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether students' compulsory participation in entrepreneurship education (EE) in Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs) influences their development of the identified 13 entrepreneurial competencies (ECs) for business start-up after graduation.
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Applying social cognitive theory to placement learning in business firms and students’ entrepreneurial intentions
Hyginus Emeka Nwosu,Razil Garaev +1 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined the mediating effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial creativity on placement learning in business firms and entrepreneurial intentions, and found that entrepreneurial selfefficacy mediated the relationship.
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Does PhD Qualification Improve Pedagogical Competence? A Study on Teaching and Training in Higher Education
Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie,Paul Agu Igwe,Chinyere Augusta Nwajiuba,Sunday Mlanga,Michael Olayinka Binuomote,Hyginus Emeka Nwosu,Charles O. Ogbaekirigwe +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate whether HE teachers who undergo pedagogical training (PT) in addition to obtaining PhD qualification possess higher knowledge, employability, and skills than those that relied only on having PhD qualification without further teaching qualifications.