Department of Psychology and Sociological Studies, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
Abstract
The study evaluated internet safety and performance of public civil servants in Ogoja, Cross River State. The specific objectives were to: examine the relationship between information security and efficiency; evaluate the relationship between personal safety and communication of public civil servants in Ogoja, Cross River State. The area of the study was effect of internet safety and performance of public civil servants in Ogoja, Cross River State. Three hundred and twenty two (322) public civil servants in Ogoja, were selected for the study. The study used the descriptive survey design approach. The primary source of data was the administration of questionnaire. Two hundred and sixty six (266) employees returned their questionnaire and accurately filled. That gave 83 percent response rate. Data was presented and analyzed by mean score and standard deviation using Sprint Likert Scale. The hypotheses were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient (r) – test statistic tool. The findings indicated information security had significant positive relationship with the efficiency of public civil servants in Ogoja, Cross River State, r(95, n = 266), .517 < .810, p. >.05). Personal safety had significant positive relationship with the communication of public civil servants in Ogoja, Cross River State, r(95, n = 266), .443 <.726, p. >.05). The study concluded thatInformation security and Personal safety had significant positive relationship with the efficiency and communication of public civil servants in Ogoja, Cross River State. The study recommended among others thatthe management should ensure that data breaches, fraud, and the spread of malicious code are protected in the organization and assets against potential threats to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organisation information.
Keywords:Internet Safety; Performance; Information Security; Personal Safety; Public Civil Servants; Cross River State
