Abstract:
The study investigated electronic human resource management for University
administration in Rivers State. Five research questions and five hypotheses were formulated to
serve as guide for the study. The design adopted for the study was descriptive survey.
Population of the study was 12,056 academic staff in Rivers State Universities while 749
academic staff were sampled for the study through stratified random sampling technique.
Instrument used for data collection was a 25-item questionnaire titled “Electronic Human
Resource Management for University Administration Questionnaire” (EHRMUAQ) and the
instrument was validated by two experts in the Department of Educational Management,
University of Port Harcourt. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach
Alpha statistic with an index of 0.82.Research questions raised were answered using mean and
standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested using z-test at 0.05 alpha level. The
findings of the study revealed that public and private Universities differ in the extent of use of
electronic platforms for planning, recruitment and selection, wage administration and
compensation, and performance appraisal for University administration, while they do not
differ in the area of training and development. It was recommended among others that
sufficient electronic devices should be provided in these Universities for carrying out these
administrative functions.
