Relationships between demographic factors and application of personal information management components

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between demographic characteristics of faculty members of the research institutes affiliated to the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) with their use of personal information management components. Methodology: This applied research was conducted using a survey method. The research population was composed of all faculty members of the affiliated research institutes of the MSRT, whom 302 of them were selected by stratified random sampling method. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire designed based on the Jones 2012 theoretical framework and the opinions of other experts in the field of personal information management. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Findings: The findings showed that the faculty members were at desirable and higher than expected mean level for using personal information management components. There was a significant difference between the use of six components of personal information management among the faculty members based on the all demographic variables including gender, academic group, academic degree, academic position, and work experience but except for age Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, to enhance the personal information management skills of faculty members, training courses as well as distribution of educational pamphlets, brochures, and slides were proposed.

Keywords

• personal information management
• demographic factors
• faculty members
• ministry of science
• research and technology
• iran