EMPLOYEES CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED SMEs IN OFFA LOCAL GOVERNMENT KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The paper examined employee creativity as a tool for entrepreneurial performance in some selected Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. The survey and documentary research methods were used in this study. Through the use of structured questionnaires, data from existing records of SMEs operators on the subject topic was collected for the survey research. The respondents for the study were chosen using basic random selection. The population of the study consists of 180 registered SMEs operators in Offa Local Government and the paper used TaroYamane sample size determination techniques to come up with 124 respondents. The information gathered was examined using a mean frequency count and percentage. The data acquired in the field was analyzed using SPSS. Investigate employee creativity on entrepreneurial performance.  The findings revealed that there is a link between creative thinking and SMEs' entrepreneurial performance. In view of this finding, employees of both public and private organizations should be more creative in thinking and developing new ways of solving problems both within the internal and external business environments and organizations should motivate their employees enough to be able to bring forth new ideas.