Information behaviour and work effectiveness of physicians in selected government hospitals in Edo state, Nigeria Department:Information Management Technology By: Ekings Project ID: 7376 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1 Price:₦5000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis study was therefore carried out to investigate the relationship between information behaviour and work effectiveness of physicians in selected government hospitals in Edo State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The population for the study comprised all the physicians in general and tertiary hospitals in Edo State. Purposive sampling was used to select 6 out of the 12 government hospitals because they are well known. Since the population was not very large, census was used to include all the 623 physicians in the study. A structured questionnaire titled“Information behaviour and work effectiveness of physicians in government hospitals in Edo State” (IBWEPQ) was used to gather data. The questionnaire was validated and the Cronbach’s Alpha reliability test for the constructs yielded 0.728 for information needs, 0.986 for information retrieval and 0.756 for work effectiveness. Out of the 623 copies of questionnaires administered, 516 (82.8%) were retrieved for analysis. Six hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive and regressive/correlation inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed a positive relationship between the information needs of physicians and their work effectiveness (r 0.422: p 0.05) a positive relationship between information seeking behaviour of physicians and their work effectiveness (r 0.090:p0.05)a positive relationship between information consulted and their work effectiveness (r -0.159: p0.05)....Preview Download Preview +Other Information Management Technology project topics and materials you might be interested in»The impact of internet and the way it influence students reading culture»The effect of ICT on the Nigerian economic growth and development»Impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on the performance of nurses staff»Design and implementation of an online departmental opinion poll system»The problems and prospects of using information and communication technology for record keeping in tertiary institutions in Nigeria»Information behaviour and work effectiveness of physicians in selected government hospitals in Edo state, Nigeria»ICT skills, social media use and service delivery by librarians in federal universities in south-west, Nigeria»Information literacy competence and use of information resources by medical students in two universities in Lagos state, Nigeria»Influence of patient records management practices, disease surveillance and notification systems on epidemic control in Osun state, Nigeria»Information literacy skills, computer self-efficacy and e-resources use by postgraduate students in private university libraries in south-west, Nigeria