Abstract:
This study investigated the nexus of Information Technology Literacy(It) and
Employee Performance. According to the categorizations of NRI it has not shown a
significant improvement of information technology over the year. The demand for IT
workers become strong in private section as well as government.
Hence the aim of this study was to analyze existing level of ITL and employee
performance in selected Local Government Organization in Nuwara-Eliya and what
sort of relationship between ITL and employee performance in selected Local
Government Organization and What is the effect of ITL to employee performance in
selected Local Government Organization.
Structured questionnaire was used as the method of datil collection and 100
employees selected who used Information Technology (IT) as sample out of 388
operational level employees. Researcher considered twelve Local Government
Authorities in Nuwara-Eliya District. Questionnaire consist with two parts as personal
information of the respondent and research information which included 22 questions with
five Likert scale.
Random sample method used to make the sampling frame of the study. Quantitative
research approach used for this study. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0
analysis. It has been measured using descriptive statistics, correlation and regression
analysis.
It has been tries to identify information technology literacy and employee
performance has good reliability and high level. Subsequently, it has strong positive
relation with employee performance. As a result of this study, the authorities must
give their attention for combination of information technology literacy to increase Job
Performance of their employees.
