Open AccessRelationship between E-recruitment Adoption and Good Governance Practices in Nigerian Public Sector: An Empirical Study
Author(s) -
Ahmad Sanusi,
Ahmad Martadha Mohamed
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of public administration and governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2161-7104
DOI - 10.5296/jpag.v2i4.1965
Subject(s) - transparency (behavior) , business , public sector , corporate governance , government (linguistics) , good governance , order (exchange) , workforce , best practice , public relations , public service , marketing , economic growth , economics , political science , management , finance , linguistics , philosophy , law , economy
The universal quest for good governance forces different countries to adopt e-recruitment as recruiting strategy in hiring their teeming workforce in line with global best practices. As part of public service reform Nigerian government encourage public sector organisations to\udjettison conventional recruitment method in favour of electronic recruitment for transparency, accessibility and efficiency in recruitment exercises.This study empirically investigates the\udrelationship between e-recruitment adoption and good governance practices in Nigerian public service. The study Modified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to analyse the response generated from 326 survey respondents.The findings indicated that e-recruitment adoption is yet to provide good governance.In the overall, this study offer important insight and recommended that government agencies involved should put effective machinery in motion in order to enrich and improve good governance practices in e-recruitment in Nigerian public sector