Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku

Influence of Organisational Learning and Human Resource Outcomes on Commercial Banks' Performance in Nigeria

Abstract Most service organisations around the world are faced with the challenges of technological innovations and sustainable competitive advantage. To overcome these challenges, an understanding of organisational learning culture and human resource outcome becomes imperative. This study examined the influence of organisational learning culture and human resource (HR) outcomes on organisational performance. Two hypotheses were formulated to examine the extent to which learning and HR outcomes influence performance in the banking industry. The researchers adopted a mixed methods approach, that is, the use of a structured questionnaire (n=250), personal interviews (10 managers), observations (5 days) and other documented evidence (annual reports/statements of accounts for three consecutive years). The study used a convenience sampling technique to select the respondents. The findings revealed that team learning and HR outcomes have a marked influence on organisational performance. This study proposed that there is a strong positive relationship between organisational learning culture and HR outcomes that jointly serve as a better predictor of organisational performance among commercial banks in Nigeria.

Testing and Operationalizing a Model to Measure Creativity at Tertiary Educational Level

Abstract Measuring creativity scientifically seems to be a challenging undertaking at the tertiary educational level. The purpose of the research reported in this paper was to test and operationalize a model to measure creativity at the tertiary educational level using SPSS and AMOS. These software packages were used to run causal path analysis and cause-effect relationships using the Pearson’s product correlation coefficient (PPMC), a multiple regression analysis and structural equation modelling (SEM) which included a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The Fields Educational Creativity Model (FECM) was the result of the test and operationalization and showed a mediating influence of cognitive psychology on the interplay between motivation and creativity. Creativity can be measured at tertiary educational level and this can positively influence the globalized knowledge economy because graduates will be critical, creative and imaginative thinkers and leaders who can work through complex problems and make creative and purposeful changes and adaptations.