Leveraging Information and Communication Technology for Employee Productivity: A Study of Unique Leather Finishing Company Ltd. Kano State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study broadly assessed the influence of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on employees’ productivity with specific objectives. Data were obtained from 162 employees of the Unique Leather Finishing Company as a unit of analysis. The study adopted the survey research design where it employed quantitative method to derive information. The simple random sampling technique was adopted, which ensured that each element within the population had an equal chance of being represented. The study therefore measured the relationship between the independent variables and dependent variable. Descriptive statistics was used, while inferential statistics using Multiple Regression analysis was utilize to determine the regression coefficient in the hypothesis. The variables used for analysis were extracted from the questionnaire and the analysis was done using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26. The decision rules applied in this study were; Reject H0 if P-value is less than or equal the level of significant = 0.05. Accept H0 if P-value is greater than the level of significant = 0.05. We reject the null hypothesis 1 and 2 with the p-value of 0.031 and 0.000 respectively, which were statistically significant. Findings, among others showed that Information Communication Technology have a positive and significant impact on employee’s productivity of Unique Leather Finishing Company Kano Nigeria. The study therefore recommended among others that: organizations need to build capacity for their human resources to enable them deploy ICT use optimally to gain competitive advantage for the organization.