QUADRUPLE HELIX MODEL AND HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between “quadruple helix model and human capital formation in universities in Rivers State, Nigeria”. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprised three thousand one hundred and seventy-six (3,176) academic staff of the three public universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. The study used five hundred (500) academic staff as sample size representing 15.7% of the entire population using stratified random sampling technique. The study adopted a correlation survey design. Instruments titled “Quadruple Helix Model Scale (QHMS) and Human Capital Formation Scale (HCFS) developed by the researchers were validated. The reliability co-efficient of the instruments were 0.84 and 0.88 using Cronbach alpha statistics which guaranteed the use of the instruments for the study. The Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (r) was used for answering the research questions and the hypotheses were also tested using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient (r) at 0.05 level of significance. It was found out that there is a significant high relationship between quadruple helix model and human capital formation in public universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. It was recommended among others that, the government and university’s management staff should initiate an effective collaboration with the academic staff by ensuring conducive working conditions for enhanced human capital formation in universities in Rivers State, Nigeria.