The study investigates diverse individual and organizational factors affecting the
effective use of ICT among ICT facilitated secondary schools in the North Central
Province of Sri Lanka. In turn it will examine the impact of the use of ICT on
individuals' job performances. Empirical data were gathered from a simple random
sample of 150 teachers in 30 selected schools using the structured questionnaire
methodology.//Overall, the results show considerably low level of ICT integration over 71
percent of respondents of the survey. A fairly notable variation was found in the
extent to which respondents use ICT for both informationlknowledge creation and
dissemination against informationlknowledge storage and applications at work. Over
one-half of the sample as a whole show low level of ICT competency, which
highlights lack training opportunities on task-technology fit. Majority of the sample
reveal ICT infrastructure, leadership support, and school planning as major constraints
of this scenario. In contrast, respondents' fairly positive attitudes towards ICT has
been a positive remark on future developments. Analysis of variance suggested that
individuals' age, gender, ICT education, and English language proficiency are
significant demographic predictors of ICT use in schools. The research indicate
moderate correlation between ICT use and job performance, which suggests the need
of realigning all predecessors of the effective use of ICT in managing organizational
informationlknowledge.
The study investigates diverse individual and organizational factors affecting the
effective use of ICT among ICT facilitated secondary schools in the North Central
Province of Sri Lanka. In turn it will examine the impact of the use of ICT on
individuals' job performances. Empirical data were gathered from a simple random
sample of 150 teachers in 30 selected schools using the structured questionnaire
methodology.//Overall, the results show considerably low level of ICT integration over 71
percent of respondents of the survey. A fairly notable variation was found in the
extent to which respondents use ICT for both informationlknowledge creation and
dissemination against informationlknowledge storage and applications at work. Over
one-half of the sample as a whole show low level of ICT competency, which
highlights lack training opportunities on task-technology fit. Majority of the sample
reveal ICT infrastructure, leadership support, and school planning as major constraints
of this scenario. In contrast, respondents' fairly positive attitudes towards ICT has
been a positive remark on future developments. Analysis of variance suggested that
individuals' age, gender, ICT education, and English language proficiency are
significant demographic predictors of ICT use in schools. The research indicate
moderate correlation between ICT use and job performance, which suggests the need
of realigning all predecessors of the effective use of ICT in managing organizational
informationlknowledge.
