Ismail Olatunji Adeyemi; Adedoyin Oluwatosin Esan
Volume 20, Issue 1 , January 2022
Abstract
The outbreak of COVID-19 spurs the need for information among the Nigerian populace, and people exhibit different information-seeking behavior. Understanding information needs and seeking behavior becomes expedient to ensure the adequate provision of information to Nigerians in real-time. Hence, this ...
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The outbreak of COVID-19 spurs the need for information among the Nigerian populace, and people exhibit different information-seeking behavior. Understanding information needs and seeking behavior becomes expedient to ensure the adequate provision of information to Nigerians in real-time. Hence, this study examined the health information needed and seeking behavior of Nigerians about COVID-19. The authors adopted a descriptive survey method using a Web-based questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 321 people. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and the hypothesis was tested using Pearson’s product-moment correlation. Results show that the Nigerian populace needs information on treatments/vaccines and preventive measures of the pandemic disease; it was revealed that the majority of Nigerians actively search for information about the disease; it was shown in the findings that social media is the most accessed information source; and findings revealed that environmental, demographic, interpersonal and financial factors affect information-seeking behavior. Findings show a statistically significant relationship between health information need and information-seeking behavior of Nigerians. The study concludes that most Nigerians health information needs center on treatment/vaccines of disease while most actively search for information on the disease.https://dorl.net/dor/ 20.1001.1.20088302.2022.20.1.10.3
Zeinab Bahmani; Mohammad Reza Farhadpoor; Mohsen Hamidi
Volume 15, Issue 2 , June 2017
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to identify the features of information sources and its influence on managers' environmental scanning behavior in second industrial area of Ahvaz. An analytical survey method is used to analyze the relationship between variables. The findings showed that from among ...
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The purpose of the present study is to identify the features of information sources and its influence on managers' environmental scanning behavior in second industrial area of Ahvaz. An analytical survey method is used to analyze the relationship between variables. The findings showed that from among 16 information sources, managers used subordinate staff (M=3.37) more than other sources for environmental scanning. Also they revealed that work experts had the greatest quality and richness with means of (M=3.81) and (M=3.69), respectively; and that subordinate staff (M=3.58) were the most accessible information sources. In addition, the personal information sources within the organization, compared to impersonal sources out of the organization were more qualified, accessible and rich. Executives used managers or assistants' (M=3.73) as information sources more frequently than other information sources in environmental scanning. Furthermore the results of testing hypotheses showed that there was a significant relationship between perceived accessibility, quality, and richness of the source from the view point of managers and the frequency with which managers used it for environmental scanning.
