Journal Article

Use of information and communication technologies for administration and management of schools in Nigeria

Omotayo, Funmilola Olubunmi, Chigbundu, Michael Chinweike

2017

Overview

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by school administrators in the management of schools, as well as factors that influence use of ICTs by the administrators. Design/methodology/approach Survey research design was adopted. A two-stage sampling procedure (random and purposive) was used to select the respondents, while quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data collection. Findings Findings reveal that the school administrators use various ICTs to carry out administrative and management duties. Task characteristics, task-technology fit, attitude and perceived ease of use have significant relationships with use of ICTs by the administrators. Research limitations/implications The findings and conclusion from this paper cannot be generalised to all schools in Nigeria because the population was limited to only private secondary schools. Practical implications The study contributes to an existing knowledge on adoption and use of ICTs in schools, and provides information to policymakers on factors that should be given consideration when there is a need to implement ICTs in schools. Social implications This paper could assist school administrators that are yet to adopt and implement ICTs in their schools of the need to do so in order to enjoy the benefits associated with ICTs use in the workplace. Originality/value This paper is one of the first pieces of empirical research that has adopted the integrated technology acceptance and task-technology fit models to investigate use of ICTs by administrators of schools in Nigeria.

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited,Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Subject: Administrators / Adoption of innovations / Attitudes / Communication / Communications technology / Data acquisition / Data collection / Educational administration / Educational technology / Information technology / Knowledge management / Management / Management development programmes / Policy making / Polls & surveys / Private schools / Qualitative analysis / Qualitative research / Research design / Research methodology / Respondents / Sampling / School administration / School principals / Secondary schools / Technology Acceptance Model / Technology adoption / Technology utilization / Workplace communication / Workplaces