NETIQUETTE AND INFORMATION MANAGERS EFFECTIVENESS IN OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN RIVERS STATE.

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between netiquette and information managers effectiveness in oil and gas companies in Rivers State. A cross section exploratory research design was adopted for the survey. The target population consisted of 360 managers from 20 oil and gas companies in Rivers state. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 120 study participants. A research instrument titled: Netiquette and information Managers Effectiveness (NIME) was used for data collection. The instrument has two parts; the first part addressed the demographic variables while the second dwelt on the questionnaire items. The instrument was dully validated by experts from the Department of Business Education, Ignatius Ajuru University, while the reliability was ascertained using Cronbach alpha statistics, which gave a reliability index of 0.768. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using men and standard deviation for the research questions and Spearmen’s rank Order Coefficient for the null hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed a strong and significant relationship between netiquette and information manager’s effectiveness in oil and gas companies in Rivers state. It was recommended amongst others that oil and gas companies should inculcate a culture of decency in their managers.