Attitudinal disposition and e-recordkeeping practices of clerics in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

Many organizations in Nigeria including churches are adopting e-recordkeeping system to promote efficiency and effectiveness in their day–to-day operations. Keeping records electronically makes life to become so easy and comfortable. The study investigated how attitude influenced e-recordkeeping practices in Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Ogun State, Nigeria. The study employed the survey research design. The population for the study cpmprised 2,236 clerics of RCCG, Ogun State, The sample was 339. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the respondents. A validated structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analyzed with frequency, parentage, mean, standard deviation and simple linear regression. Findings showed that cognitive attitude (x = 3.40) and affective attitude (x = 3.32) had very high mean scores while behavioural attitude (x = 3.20) higher mean score. It was observed equally that church clerics had positive attitude towards the e-recordkeeping practices in RCCG, Ogun State based on the grand mean score of 3.32. The study concluded that attitudinal disposition enhanced e-recordkeeping practices in RCCG, Ogun State. It was recommended that the management of the RCCG should ensure continuous training of clerics in e-recordkeeping to improve the cognitive and affective attitude of staff and the educational units of the RCCG (Redeemers‘ Bible College, Redeemers‘ School of Mission among others) should ensure that they introduce e-recordkeeping as a course into their curriculum for training clerics and administrative staff.