ICT use as determinant of research productivity of academic staff of federal universities in North-East, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated influence of information and communication technology (ICT) use on research productivity of academic staff of federal universities in Northeastern Nigeria. A survey design was adopted in carrying out the study. The population for this study comprised of 4258 academic staff of six (6) federal universities in North-eastern, Nigeria, from which a sample of 366 was drawn using Taro Yamane sampling formula and used for the study. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. Simple random sampling was used to select three (3) out of the six federal universities so as to have a manageable sample simple size these includes; Abubakar Tafawabalewa University Bauchi, University of Maiduguri and Federal University Wukari. Thereafter, stratified sampling method was used to select four faculties common to all the universities, namely faculty of Education, Science, Agriculture and Social science. The data collected were analysed using percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results of the study among the level of research productivity of academic staff in federal universities in North-eastern Nigeria is very low; ICT had significant effect on research productivity and thus can predict the research productivity of academic staff in federal universities in North-eastern, Nigeria. The study recommended among others that Academic staff of federal universities and North-eastern in particular should be encourage utilize ICT because of its impact on their research productivity.