ELECTRONIC READINESS OF ADMINISTRATORS IN MAKERERE UNIVERSITY: A TEST OF ROGERS’ INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY

Abstract

This paper reports on a survey of electronic readiness (e-readiness) of senior administrative staff in Makerere University. The study also intended to check whether the e-readiness correlated with six individual characteristics, namely interaction with ICT change agents, ICT training, cosmopolitanism, age, gender and income level. Using the quantitative paradigm, and the survey design, data were collected using self-administered questionnaire from a sample of 124 senior administrators, and analyzed using summary statistics (percentages, means and standard deviations), t, ANOVA and Pearson linear correlation analyses. The results indicated fair levels of e-readiness, but none of the six individual characteristics significantly correlated with the e-readiness. It was thus concluded that all the senior administrators in the University needed equal assistance and/ or encouragement with regard to e-readiness, from the relevant stakeholders such as the University’s Top Management and Directorate of ICT Support (DICTS).