GENDER AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AFFECTING WORK CREATIVITY IN LAGOS, NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF FINTECH ORGANIZATION

Abstract

Work creativity is a crucial and critical part of expected work conditions in the 21st century. Work creative abilities have been related to psycho-social factors, but knowledge paucity exists in relating gender and socio-demographic factors to work creativity among married Lagos FINTECH workers, which necessitates this study. Design was cross-sectional with the systematic theory background. Participants were 219 comprising 134 (61%) male and 85 (39%) female married Lagos FINTECH workers of mean-age 36 years (range 26- 63). Pearson correlation and independent t-test were the statistics at P < 0.01. Results showed no significant difference in gender (t (217) = 1.656, p > .05); socio-demographic factors (age (r=.051, p>.05); educational qualification (r=.067, p>.05); wife’s income (r=-.104, p>.05); and husband’s income (r=.050, p>.05). Occupational diversity in FINTECH needs to be managed so that it does not become dysfunctional.