Influence of Employee Empowerment on Employee Commitment in Oil Producing Firms in Rivers State (Published)
This study was conducted to examine the influence of employee empowerment on employee commitment in Oil Producing firms in Rivers State. The study was based on a survey research design and made use of questionnaire in obtaining data from office resident employees serving in five Oil Producing firms in Rivers State of Nigeria. The population of study was 20,116 while its sample size determined through Taro Yamane sample size determination formular was 1793. The analysis of data was done with descriptive and inferential statistics. The former used percentage method while the latter used simple regression. The test of hypotheses in the study indicated that employee empowerment had a positive and significant influence on employee commitment in Oil Producing firms in Rivers State. The generalized model summary showed an R2 of 0.445. The model also showed a goodness of fit at 95 percent (p-value <0.05. With this result, it was concluded that employee empowerment can reliably predict employee commitment in Oil Producing firms particularly those of Rivers State of Nigeria. It was recommended that Oil Producing firms in Rivers State should empower its employees for them to have some level of control over their work, deploy delegation of responsibility and also encourage employees to participate in decision making in order to influence employee commitment
Keywords: Employee Commitment, Employee empowerment, Nigeria, Rivers State, oil producing firms
Effect of Accounting Information System on the Quality of Financial Reporting of Listed Companies in Non-Financial Sector in Nigeria (Published)
The ability of the Accounting Information System (AIS) to produce Quality Financial Reporting (QFR) depends on various factors such as Information Quality (IQ), System Quality (SQ), Service Quality (SERVQ), and User Competency (UC). These factors have effect on and determine the QFR produced by the AIS. Hence, this study examines the effect of AIS on the QFR of listed companies in Nigeria non-financial sector. Cross-sectional survey research design was employed for the study. Primary data were collected through questionnaire. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to examine the effects of SQ, IQ, SERVQ and UC on QFR respectively. SEM results indicated that SQ (β=0.338,p=0.000<0.01), IQ (β=0.324,p=0.000<0.01), and UC (β=0.050,p=0.000<0.01) have significant and positive effects on QFR respectively while SERVQ (β=-0.626,p=0.038>0.01) has a negative and insignificant effect on QFR. The study recommends that firms should ensure their AIS is updated for new technologies that would enhance QFR and employ competent people who are also conversant with financial reporting standards to use the AIS and prepare financial reports.
Keywords: Accounting Information System, DeLone and McLean Model, Faithful representation, Financial Reporting, Nigeria, Relevance
The Contributory Effects of Sociocultural Factors on E-Government Adoption among Nigerians (Published)
E-government is the use of internet technology to exchange information, transact businesses and provide services for the citizens and other arms of government. Specifically, it involves the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by the government to serve its populace in a manner that accountability, openness, and mutual interaction are ensured and sustained. Impliedly, the policy is intended to involve the populace and the government in a relationship that guarantees the recognition and importance of citizens as well as their inputs in policy formulation and implementation.
Keywords: E-government, ICT, Internet Technology, Nigeria, Re-Engineering