Adoption and Growth of Information Technology in Nigeria Architectural Firms

Abstract

Nigerian architectural practices are mainly small-scale enterprises with only a small percentage of them using IT for core architectural functions. This is partly due to the many problems that inhibit IT transfer to small organisations in developing countries. Using social survey methodology, the study examined the factors that have influenced IT adoption and use for core functions by architectural firms in Nigeria's two largest cities, Lagos and Ibadan. Many of the factors that had encouraged IT growth for the firms were similar to the typical adoption factors that had motivated them to acquire IT initially. High costs of IT constitute the main constraint to IT growth in the firms.


(African Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science: 2002 11 (2): 109-124)