THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AWARENESS ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE: THE STUDY OF NIGERIA MANUFACTURING FIRMS

Abstract

The study focused information security awareness and organizational performance in
manufacturing firms in Rivers State. Descriptive survey design was used. The study
population consisted of 22 manufacturing firms in Rivers State, having five (5) heads of
department each which the total population of the study was 110. Validated questionnaire
was used to administer the instrument to 110 respondents out of which 106 correct
responses were analyzed. three hypotheses formulated for the study was tested using
Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient with SPSS which was found to be 0.05
confidence level. The findings revealed that information security awareness is a security
technique that regulates who or what view or use resources in a computing environment
for effective record management. In conclusion, majority of the respondents strongly
agreed to the relationship between information security awareness and organizational
effectiveness. It is therefore recommended that structures should be put in place to
improve and increase the awareness of the staff of public and private firms on the needs
of the relationship between information security awareness and organizational
performance.