ABSTRACT
The study focused on the impact of technological innovation on organizational performance in
developing economies with reference to state tertiary institutions in Abia State Nigeria. The
specific objectives were to: ascertain the effect of technological innovation on the learning
capability of students in the tertiary institutions, examine the relationship between technological
innovation adaptability and the performance of tertiary institutions and ascertain the effect of
technological innovation capability on the quality of researches embarked on in the tertiary
institutions in Abia State among others. The researcher made use of survey research design. The
population of the research consist of all the academic staff of Abia State University Uturu and
Abia State Polytechnic Aba. Simple random sampling techniques, primary and secondary data
were used. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze the objectives and
to test the hypotheses posited with the aid of Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS)
version 20. The major findings revealed that Student Online Registration/Database, Digital/ELibraries, ITC Centre are the major educational technological innovations adopted in the
tertiary institutions in Ahia State. The result also revealed that technological innovations have a
positive effect on learning capability of students. Online Registration/Database, Digital/ELibraries, JCT Centre etc., are educational technological innovations that are significant and
positively related to the performance of tertiary institutions in Abia State. The researcher
concluded that technological innovation adoptability in tertiary institutions is a gateway in
accelerating and developing the capability and competency of students, and enhancing the
quality of research conducted in the tertiary institutions, and recommends that tertiary
institutions should sustain and enhance the technological innovations already adopted as it
positively affect learning capability of students in the institutions. However, the need for the
institutions to invest more on technological innovations that are not yet obtainable in the
institutions was emphasized by the researcher.
Keywords: Impact, Technological Innovation, Organisational Performance, Developing
Economies, Tertiary Institutions.
GRACE, O (2023). Impact Of Technological Innovations On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Selected State Tertiary Institutions In Abia State, Nigeria. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 25, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-technological-innovations-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-selected-state-tertiary-institutions-in-abia-state-nigeria-7-2
OBIAGELI, GRACE. "Impact Of Technological Innovations On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Selected State Tertiary Institutions In Abia State, Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 04 Oct. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-technological-innovations-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-selected-state-tertiary-institutions-in-abia-state-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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OBIAGELI, GRACE. "Impact Of Technological Innovations On Organizational Performance: A Study Of Selected State Tertiary Institutions In Abia State, Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 25 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/impact-of-technological-innovations-on-organizational-performance-a-study-of-selected-state-tertiary-institutions-in-abia-state-nigeria-7-2