Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Behavioural Intention to Use Electronic Information Resources by Master of Business Administration Students in Federal Universities in Nigeria
Author(s): Bamidele Olawale & Ojo Adereolu
Abstract - The focus of this research work was to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on behavioural intention to use electronic information resources by MBA students in Nigeria federal universities. Cluster sampling technique was adopted for the study and systematic sampling technique was used to select 60% of the total population of the MBA students across the ten federal universities offering the programme based on probability and proportionate size. Data were collected using a questionnaire designed to elicit responses from respondents and analysed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis using Partial Least Squares Method (PLSEM), Mean, Standard Deviation and Percentages. However, out of one thousand two hundred and seventy (1,270) copies of the questionnaire administered to the respondents, one thousand and fifteen copies (1,015) were returned, which represents a 79.9% response rate for the study. The results of the study established that the level of emotional intelligence of MBA students towards the use of electronic information resources in Nigeria federal universities was high and that MBA students’ emotional intelligence also predicted their behavioural intention to use electronic information resources, which plays a vital role in their academic and research undertakings.
Keywords - Emotional intelligence, behavioural intention, electronic information resources, MBA students, Nigeria universities.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.11.4.2025.1952
Cite This Article As: Olawale, B. & Adereolu, O. (2025) Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Behavioural Intention to Use Electronic Information Resources by Master of Business Administration Students in Federal Universities in Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 11(4) 9-24. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1952 Page: 9-24 Publication Date: 11 October 2025