Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Performance: An Empirical Study of Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria
- Authors: Adagbabiri M.M.1, Okolie U.C.1,2,3
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Affiliations:
- Department of Political Sciences of Delta State University
- Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria
- Edo State Study Centre
- Issue: Vol 7, No 1 (2020)
- Pages: 53-69
- Section: INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2312-8313/article/view/317659
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8313-2020-7-1-53-69
- ID: 317659
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Abstract
The impact of human resource management (HRM) practices on organizational performance has been subject of discourse among social scientists from a wide range of disciplines in the last two decades. But unfortunately, very insufficient number of studies in this area has been conducted in Nigeria and other developing countries. This study was undertaken to fill this obvious research gap. The author applied descriptive method and collected the data via a survey of 164 respondents in Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation and t-test analysis. The study found that there is a significant relationship between HRM practices and organizational performance. As predicted, the study revealed that human resource management practices exert positive and statistically significant impact on organizational performance. Requisite conclusion and recommendations were provided in the light of theoretical and empirical findings. With this study, we hope to contribute to a better understanding of the role of HRM practices in creating and sustaining organizational performance, specifically in the Nigerian context.
About the authors
Moses M. Adagbabiri
Department of Political Sciences of Delta State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: adagbabiri@gmail.com
Doctor of Science (Philosophy), Associate Professor of the Department of Political Sciences
P.M.B 1, Abraka, NigeriaUgo Chuks Okolie
Department of Political Sciences of Delta State University; Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria; Edo State Study Centre
Email: ugookolie3@gmail.com
PhD Student of the Department of Political Sciences
P.M.B 1, Abraka, Nigeria; 1 Cipm Ave, Alausa 100001, Ikeja, Nigeria; Ogogugbo 1, Benin City, NigeriaReferences
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