Computer Self-Efficacy as Predictor of Electronic Information Resources Use by Academic Staff of Selected Polytechnics in South-West, Nigeria.

Authors

• Temitope Adeleke OSISANWO Dr, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State, NigeriaFollow
• Yemisi Tomisin BABALOLA PROFFollow

Date of this Version

Summer 8-1-2026

Document Type

Article

Citation

Osisanwo T (2026) Computer Self-Efficacy as Predictor of Electronic Information Resources Use by Academic Staff of Selected Polytechnics in South-West, Nigeria.

Abstract

Electronic information resources have become a significant portion of library resources available to academic staff for teaching and research purposes. However, studies suggest that their use has not been fully optimized by academic staff at polytechnics located within South-West, Nigeria. This could be attributed to the low level of self-effectiveness of technology among the academic staffs. In light of this, this study aimed to examine the relationship between computer self-efficacy and the usage of electronic information resources among polytechnics academic staff in South-West, Nigeria.

A survey research design was used for this study, while 3,807 academic staff members were selected at the nine polytechnics in South-West, Nigeria. The study adopted a multi-stage sampling techniques to select a sample size of 720, with six out of the nine polytechnics, two colleges from each polytechnic, four departments and proportionate allocation used to select respondents. The study embrace a structured questionnaire as the instrument for data collection, which was validated and subjected to reliability testing (Cronbach's Alpha coefficients for the hypotheses ranged from 0.86 to 0.92. Out of the 720 questionnaires distributed, 633 (87%) were retrieved and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including multiple regression. The findings revealed that computer self-efficacy was a significant predictor of the usage of technological resources by polytechnics academic staffs in South-West, Nigeria (computer self-efficacy: R2 = 0.198; β=.096; t(630)=12,485; p< .05). The academic staff members in this study possessed an extraordinary level of technological efficacy, with a mean score of 3.17 on a 4-point scale.

The study concluded that technological self-effectiveness is a predictor of electronic information resources use among academic staff at polytechnics in South-West, Nigeria.

The study recommends that the management and authority of polytechnics in South-West, Nigeria should intermittently establish training programs on evolving technologies to augment the information technology abilities of academic staff and maintain their technology self-efficacy.