OJO, Elizabeth O.
Department of Office Management & Technology
Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos.
ojoelizabeth03@gmail.com
DAVID, Olayinka Rhoda
Vocational Education Department,
Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos.
rhoyinkus@yahoo.com
IGE, Oluwaseye J.
Department of Office Management & Technology,
Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos.
oluwaseye.ige16@gmail.com
EBEOGU, Chinyere
Department of Office Management & Technology
Lagos City Polytechnics, Ikeja Lagos.
ebeoguchinyere@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study examined influence of technological tools usage on office managers’ career advancement. A
descriptive survey was adopted for the study. The study’s population comprised 245 office managers in
3 public polytechnics in South-west Nigeria. The Taro Yamane formula was used to derive a sample
size of 148. A structured questionnaire whose reliability (0.761) was ascertained using Cronbach’s Alpha
test was used for data collection. Out of 148 expected responses, 126 were successfully retrieved. The
study hypotheses were tested at the 0.05 significance level using multiple regression. The findings were
that technological tools usage () significantly influence office managers’ career advancement. The study
thus concludes that technological tools usage have positive influence on career advancement of office
managers in public polytechnics in South-west, Nigeria; and recommends that office managers must
develop required skills to use technological tools in the performance of the job responsibilities.
Keywords: Career advancement, office managers, technological tools, public polytechnics