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Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia

The main purpose of this paper is to discover and determine the socio-economic factors that impinge the usage of computer in the administration work among village leaders in Malaysia. Using simple random sampling, a total of 240 village leaders which are the Village Development and Security Committe...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril, Abu Samah, Bahaman, Abu Hassan, Musa, Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
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Published: Academic Journals 2010
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spelling my.upm.eprints.567312017-08-04T09:34:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56731/ Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Abu Samah, Bahaman Abu Hassan, Musa Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva The main purpose of this paper is to discover and determine the socio-economic factors that impinge the usage of computer in the administration work among village leaders in Malaysia. Using simple random sampling, a total of 240 village leaders which are the Village Development and Security Committee members, have been selected as the respondents for this study. Face to face interview was conducted to gain the data needed. To run the appropriate analyses, SPSS software was employed. Based on the results gained, the level of computer usage in administration work among Village Development and Security Committee members was at a moderate level. There were significant difference in computer usage in administration work in the factors of gender, ICT courses attended, type of position, education and zone where the Village Development and Security Committee members live. Results show that there was significant and positive relationship between usage of computer in administration work and income per month. Positive and significant relationship also was detected between computer usage in administration work and knowledge on computer usage while significant and negative relationship can be identified between computer usage in administration work and age. To enhance computer usage in administration work among Village Development and Security Committee members, it is recommended that every Village Development and Security Committee office and member should be supplied with at least a computer and internet connection. Furthermore, subsidy on purchasing computer should be provided to Village Development and Security Committee members. Special training courses can be introduced to Village Development and Security Committee members in order to inform them on the benefits of using the computer. Academic Journals 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56731/1/56731.pdf Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Abu Samah, Bahaman and Abu Hassan, Musa and Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva (2010) Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia. Scientific Research and Essays, 5 (23). art. no. 041F84D16475. pp. 3623-3633. ISSN 1992-2248 http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/SRE/article-abstract/041F84D16475
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description The main purpose of this paper is to discover and determine the socio-economic factors that impinge the usage of computer in the administration work among village leaders in Malaysia. Using simple random sampling, a total of 240 village leaders which are the Village Development and Security Committee members, have been selected as the respondents for this study. Face to face interview was conducted to gain the data needed. To run the appropriate analyses, SPSS software was employed. Based on the results gained, the level of computer usage in administration work among Village Development and Security Committee members was at a moderate level. There were significant difference in computer usage in administration work in the factors of gender, ICT courses attended, type of position, education and zone where the Village Development and Security Committee members live. Results show that there was significant and positive relationship between usage of computer in administration work and income per month. Positive and significant relationship also was detected between computer usage in administration work and knowledge on computer usage while significant and negative relationship can be identified between computer usage in administration work and age. To enhance computer usage in administration work among Village Development and Security Committee members, it is recommended that every Village Development and Security Committee office and member should be supplied with at least a computer and internet connection. Furthermore, subsidy on purchasing computer should be provided to Village Development and Security Committee members. Special training courses can be introduced to Village Development and Security Committee members in order to inform them on the benefits of using the computer.
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author Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abu Hassan, Musa
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
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Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abu Hassan, Musa
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia
author_facet Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
Abu Samah, Bahaman
Abu Hassan, Musa
Alby, Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva
author_sort Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril
title Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia
title_short Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia
title_full Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia
title_fullStr Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in Malaysia
title_sort socio- economic factors that impinge computer usage in administration works among village leaders in malaysia
publisher Academic Journals
publishDate 2010
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/56731/1/56731.pdf
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