Awareness as Determinant of Use and Security of Electronic Records Management System among Administrative Staff of Public Polytechnics in Edo State, Nigeria
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2024-12
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Lead City University, Ibadan
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Institutions are increasingly transiting to digital records-keeping in contemporary times, therefore understanding the dynamics of awareness, use and security is crucial for effective administrative processes. This study investigated awareness as determinant of use and security of electronic records management system (ERMS) among administrative staff of public polytechnics in Edo State, Nigeria. The study was designed to examine the extent to which administrative staff adopt electronic records management system in Public Polytechnics in Edo State. Three research questions were raised and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and total enumeration of the population of 245 administrative staff (190 and 55 respectively) in the Public Polytechnics in Edo State was used for the study. Adapted questionnaire was used to collect data for the study and reliability co-efficient for the construct was 0.916. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the research questions and hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested using P-Values at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the findings of the study revealed the influence of awareness on use of ERMS (AdjR2 = 0.382, F(137.114) = 1.219, P = 0.000< 0.05); influence of awareness on security at(AdjR2 = 0.466, F(192.836) = 1.219, P = 0.000< 0.05). This means that there is significant influence of awareness on the use of electronic records management system among the administrative staff. Also, there is significant influence of awareness on the security of electronic records management system among the administrative staff. The study concluded that there is significant influence of awareness on the use and security of electronic records management system among administrative staff of public polytechnics in Edo State. It was recommended among others that professional workshops and seminars should be organized for the staff to enable them learn more on protection practices of ERMS for effective job performance in the polytechnics.
Keywords: ERMS, Awareness, Use and Security, Administrative Staff
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ERMS, Awareness, Use and Security, Administrative Staff
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