International Journal of Academic Management Science Research (IJAMSR)
  Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Page No.: 59-68
Green Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Performance of Oil and Gas Firms in Rivers State Download PDF
Dr. Amanawa, David Ebiegberi, Dr. Nwiyii, Blessing Joseph, Dr. Micah Nyone Uelee

Abstract:
The paper examines relationship between green human resource management practices and organizational performance of Oil and Gas Firms in Rivers State. Generally, the objective of the study was to empirically examine how green human resource management practices relates with organizational performance in terms of profitability, product innovation and quality service delivery of Oil and Gas Firms in Rivers State. The study adopted the explanatory cross-sectional survey research design. The study population consisted of the selected forty (40) oil and gas firms in Rivers State, Nigeria. The purposive sampling technique, where the entire population of a study is picked, was adopted in this work, since the entire was relevant to this study. Therefore, the study was a census study. Therefore, the sample size for this study was the five (5) managers from each of the forty (40) oil and gas firms in Rivers State, which gave 200 managers (5*40) from the oil and gas firms. The instrument's reliability was ascertained using Crombach Alpha with the least coefficient up to 0.743. Out of 200 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 172 copies of the questionnaires were retrieved. The data obtained from the field were analyzed using Spearman's Rank Order Correlation Coefficient and t-test with the aid of SPSS Version 22.0. Three hypotheses were tested using Spearman Rank Order Correlation. The study found that: green human resource management practices have strong significant positive relationship with profitability of Oil and Gas Firms in Rivers State; green human resource management practices have very strong significant positive relationship with product innovation of Oil and Gas Firms in Rivers State, and; green human resource management practices have very strong significant positive relationship with quality service delivery of Oil and Gas Firms in Rivers State. The study concluded that timely adoption and usage of green human resource management practices, such as green recruitment, green training, and green reward, leads to a progressive change in organizational performance in Oil and Gas Firms and other organizations based on the findings and discussion of the findings. The study recommended that organizations should ensure that they put in place green recruitment and selection practices to improve their performance and comply with statutory and ethical standards.