Title: Antecedents of
Computer Attitudes: a Case Study of The Royal
Malaysia Police – SABAH
Abstract: Policing and
enforcing
the law in the Information Age
requires the utilization of information and communication technology
(ICT) as
the enabler. The successful police officer of the future will be marked
by
their ability to incorporate and directly apply a wide range of ICT in
dispensing their duties. Hence, the purpose of this study is to analyze
the
attitudes of the Sabah Royal Malaysia Police officers towards the use
of
information and communication technologies in policing and then
ascertain the
relationship between these attitudes relative to gender, computer
experience,
type of computer skill and educational background. The four determined
attitudes were usefulness, confidence, liking and anxiety. The response
rate
was 87.75% or 351 of 400 surveyed. The findings showed a high level of
anxiety
towards ICT and working with computers with a mean score of 28.87.
Thus, proper
training has to be conducted to alleviate the anxiety level of these
officers when
using and working with ICT. Also, the findings provided for important
managerial implications for RMP Sabah in terms of readiness for
introducing,
implementing and using ICT for policing and enforcing the law.
Author:Gy Hashim, Asiyah
Kasim
and Abdul
Latiff Abdul Rahman