Records management practices in the administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to examine records management practices as factors influencing the administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).

Design/methodology/approach

The study adopted the causal-comparative research design of the ex post facto type. The multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. A four-point Likert scale questionnaire that ranged from strongly disagree, disagree, agree and strongly agree was used to collect data. Three research questions were raised and answered. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Findings

The outcome shows the various records management practices that the Church engaged in which include the creation, maintenance, ease of access to, use, preservation and final disposal of the records. Other findings of the study also revealed the joint influence (positive relationship) of records management practices (records creation, use, maintenance and retention or disposal) on the administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) to be significant which follows that there is a significant positive relationship between records management practices and administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). Also, it is only record use (β = 0.27; t = 5.53; p < 0.05) that has a significant relative influence on the Church of Nigeria’s (Anglican Communion) administration. Others like record creation or received (β = 0.02; t = 0.28; p > 0.05), records maintenance (β = −0.06; t = −0.93; p > 0.05) and records retention or disposal (β = 0.11; t = 1.76; p > 0.05) have no significant influence on the church administration. Therefore, it is only records use that can predict or influence the administration of Anglican Church positively.

Originality/value

The study is the original findings of the authors.

Citation

Ajiboye, B.A., Alegbeleye, O.G., Okonedo, S., Oyedipe, W.J., Emmanuel, S.O. and Alawiye, M.K. (2016), "Records management practices in the administration of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)", Records Management Journal, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 4-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/RMJ-01-2015-0005