Digital Technology Use and Employees’ Productivity in Two Cement Factories in Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study focused on assessing the influence of digital technology use on the job productivity of employees in two Cement Factories in Ogun State, Nigeria. A questionnaire was administered on a sample size of 550 administrative workers (350 from Lafarge Cement and 250 from Dangote Cement Factory). The finding further revealed that the use of digital technology has a high influence on job productivity of the employees in areas such as enhancing knowledge sharing (80.0), increase quality of work output (67.5.0%, Dangote; 65.0%, Lafarge), and increase collaboration (60.0%). Also, the study discovered that employees of the two cement factories face certain challenges such as inadequate ICT training (60.0%) and lack of organizational support (60.0%, Dangote; 50.0%, Lafarge) in using digital technologies for job performance. The study recommended that there is a need for embarking on continuous ICT training of the employees and also, the management of the two factories should formulate and implement in-house policies regarding the use of digital technologies for administrative works.