Socio-economic Factors and Adoption of ICT among staff members of Colleges of Education in Northwest zone of Nigeria

Isaac O Ogunleye

doi:10.7176/ikm/9-2-07

Abstract

This research is financed by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Nigeria Abstract This study examined the impact of socio-economic characteristics on ICT adoption by staff members in the fourteen (14) colleges of education located in northwest geo-political zone of Nigeria . A cross-sectional form of descriptive survey design was adopted. Though the population of this study was 15,219, comprising 5,845 and 9,374 academic and non-academic staff respectively a sample of 610 was used . A combination of simple random and stratified random sampling techniques was used to select the sample and data was collected through a self-completion structured questionnaire. Multiple linear regression model was used to test the main alternate hypothesis of the study at 95 per cent confidence level. Data analysis revealed that socio-economic variables have significant influence on IT adoption. Specifically, each of income, level of education, access to technology, age, gender and ownership of technology are predictors of level of ICT adoption. However, variables such as place of training, time of training, educational discipline and work experience do not have significant influence on the level of IT adoption. Hence, it was recommended that institutional heads should consider sales, training and maintenance agreement with hardware producers and software developers for the benefits of staff members. Employees should be encouraged to have access to expertise in data processing, graphics and publishing packages. Keywords: Adoption, Diffusion, Innovations, socio-economic characteristics, Information Technology, educational institutions, staff members DOI : 10.7176/IKM/9-2-07

Highlights

Evolving developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), or Information Technology (IT) have led close watchers to welcome the arrival of a third age of computing in which the technology devices themselves are being overshadowed by the communications capabilities they provide individuals and organizations
It is often believed that socio-economic characteristics of users affect their adoption of ICT services
The problems associated with the multiple regression model were addressed as explained below: Outliers and Normality: According to Pallant (2001), multiple regression is very sensitive to outliers and normality

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Evolving developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), or Information Technology (IT) have led close watchers to welcome the arrival of a third age of computing in which the technology devices themselves are being overshadowed by the communications capabilities they provide individuals and organizations. In this twenty-first century, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is becoming increasingly important to the development and execution of corporate strategies in Nigeria, and ICT is being increasingly applied in the search for competitive advantage across the globe (Kotler and Keller, 2013). Every member of an organization has unlimited access to all facets of information, but knowledge of IT usages places limit on one’s access to information and information is knowledge!

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