Students' team creativity and innovation propensity at higher education: evidence from Ethiopia
by Wondifraw Mihret Dessie; Abatihun Alehegn Sewagegn; Negalegn Alemu Bekele
International Journal of Innovation in Education (IJIIE), Vol. 6, No. 2, 2020

Abstract: Harnessing innovation in education programs at higher education principally attributes to produce competent graduates equipped with creative, collaborative and innovative employability skills. This paper mainly investigates the effect of team creativity practices on the innovation propensity of engineering graduating students of Debre Markos University in Ethiopia. Students' and instructors' questionnaire, structured interview and consensual assessment checklist were employed to collect data analysed through descriptive, correlation and linear regression. The results revealed that students are better in creative thinking, team collaboration and communication attributes. They were; however, ineffective in making collective decisions. It was drawn that creative thinking and team collaboration and communication practices significantly affect the innovation propensity of graduating students. Students' collective decisions insignificantly affect their innovation orientations. It was thus suggestive to curiously design support schemes and follow-up students' interdependent and independent performances. Organisational efforts should be exerted to update curricula issues and accessing resources which foster inventiveness.

Online publication date: Mon, 03-Aug-2020

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