Social Networking and Students’ Academic Creativity: Implication on Youth Employability in South West, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated effects of social networking on academic creativity and employability among university graduates‟ in Southwest, Nigeria. The study seeks to determine the stance of social networking on youth employability; and the effect of academic creativity on youth employability. The variables of interest are social networking, students‟ academic creativity; and its implication on youth employability. A descriptive design was adopted with a multi-stage sampling technique in selecting a sample size of 761 „Batch B stream2‟ Corp members from public universities in Southwest, Nigeria. A simple linear regression inferential statistic was applied in data analysis. The findings established that social networking has significant positive effect on youth employability. However, in Nigeria, other findings revealed that academic creativity has significant positive effect on youth employability. It is therefore obvious that social networking can create employment if strategically positioned.