Research Article

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTORSHIP SKILLS AND CAREER GROWTH OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, SOUTH SOUTH, NIGERIA

Yetunde Tracy OWIE1*, Nkechi OBIWELUOZOR
1 University of Benin
* Corresponding author: yetunde.owie@uniben.edu
Published: Jun, 2026
Pages: 139-148
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Abstract

The focus of this study was to investigate the relationship between mentorship skills and career growth of business educators in public universities in south-south, Nigeria. To guide the study four research questions were raised and hypothesized. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 levels of significance. The design of the study was a correlational survey research design. All business education lecturers in public universities in South-South Nigeria constituted the population of the study. As at the time of conducting the study, there were 158 business education lecturers in the institutions under study. Given that this size is manageable, the entire population was used for the study which makes it a census sampling. The research instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire segmented into three sections namely Sections A, B and C. Section A was designed to elicit responses on demographic data while Section B addressed mentoring skill received by business educators. Section C contained items on the career growth of business educators. Face validity of the instrument was estimated by giving a draft copy of the instrument to five experts. To establish the reliability of the instrument, it was pilot-tested with twenty respondents who were not part of the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Simple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the research questions and test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that the relationship between mentorship skills and career growth are of various strength from being weak and positive to moderate and positive. In addition, mentorship skills significantly predicted career growth of business educators in South-South Nigeria. Findings of the study also revealed a weak relationship between mentorship methodological and communication skills and career growth of business educators in South South Nigeria while demonstrating that mentorship communication skills significantly predict career growth of business educators. However, mentorship methodological skill did not significantly predict career growth of business educators. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that the development of reading, writing, communication, and research methodological skills should be encouraged within all mentorship programme in order to maintain the positive benefits of these skills on career growth. 

Keywords

Relationship Mentorship skills Career growth Business educators public universities

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How to Cite

OWIE, Y. T., & OBIWELUOZOR, N. (2026). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTORSHIP SKILLS AND CAREER GROWTH OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, SOUTH SOUTH, NIGERIA. Journal of Educational Research and Development, 21(2), 139-148.

Y. T. OWIE, and N. OBIWELUOZOR, "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTORSHIP SKILLS AND CAREER GROWTH OF BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, SOUTH SOUTH, NIGERIA," Journal of Educational Research and Development, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 139-148, June 2026.

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