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Article Title: Relationship Between Technology Management And Job Performance Of Academic Staff Of benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
by Ojo-Maliki Victoria Abiodun

Abstract:
The study examined technology management and employee performance in Benson Idahosa University in Edo State. Specifically, the study sought to investigate the relationship between technology use readiness, technology exposure and technology training and employee performance in Benson Idahosa University in Edo State. This study adopted the correlational research design. The target population of the study comprises of all the 188 lecturers in Benson Idahosa University in Edo State. A sample size of ninety four (94) lecturers representing 50% of the population was drawn from the population. Two instruments was used in the study. The first instrument was titled: Technology Use Readiness and Management Scale (TRMS). The second instrument was titled: Performance Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ). The split-half reliability coefficients of 0.75 and 0.78 were obtained for TRMS and PEQ respectively. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) statistics was used to test hypotheses 1 to 3. The entire hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that technology use readiness, technology exposure and technology training significantly is significantly correlated withthe performance of academic staff of Benson Idahosa University, Benin City. It was recommended that university administrators should endeavour to encourage training and retraining of staff on the use of various modern technology gadgets for teaching, research and community related services.

Keywords: Technology Management, Job Performance, Academic Staff, Information Technology

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