ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SKILLS REQUIRED OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR JOB PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW ERA

Richard N. Onuotu, Dr Obioma Wisdom Nwaokokorom, Felicia S. Benstowe, Dr Akiebie Benneth Uranta

Abstract


The paper sought to determine artificial intelligence skills required of business education students for job performance in the new era. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Area of the study was in Rivers state. The population of the study comprised 36,427 of senior civil servants from 26 ministries. The sample size was 380. A structured questionnaire was used. The instrument was validated by three experts, two in Business Education and one in Measurement and Evaluation. Reliability of the research instrument was obtained using Pearson‟s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The overall reliability index for the instrument was .78. 380 copies of the instrument were administered to the respondents but 364 were retrieved representing 96% of the instrument. The data collection was analysed using Mean and Standard deviation for the research questions while the hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance using t-test. The findings of the study shows that the senior civil servants in organisations were of the opinion that AI accounting and AI electronic office skills were highly required of Business Education Students. Based on the findings, it was concluded that AI accounting and AI electronic office skills were very highly required of Business Education students for job performance in organisations in a digital era. The researchers also recommended that Business education students should equip themselves with AI accounting and AI electronic office skills to make them relevance in the world of work in the new era.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence, Business education, Skills, and Job Performance


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