Creativity, Innovation, Management, and Performance of Educational Enterprise in Africa, The Role of Network Ties. A Case Study of Ghana

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the study was to find the effect of creativity, innovation, and management on firm performance using network ties as a mediating factor.Methods: This study applied the descriptive research design, employing the quantitative approach. A total of 150 teachers were randomly selected across the 11 public senior high schools in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana to participate in the study.Results: The study found that creativity, innovation and management have positive significant relationship with performance in the educational enterprise (p-values<0.05). Network ties did not have very much of an influence on the link between creativity/innovation and performance. However, network ties significantly mediated the relationship between management and performance.Conclusion: The study concludes that innovation, creativity and management have significant relationship with performance in the educational enterprise. Network ties strongly mediate the relationship between management and performance.

Keywords: Innovation, Creativity, Network Ties, Management

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/15-15-04

Publication date:August 31^st 2023