EMPLOYEE MOBILITY AND INNOVATION OF SELECTED OIL AND GAS UPSTREAM COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigates employee mobility and innovation of selected upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The objective was to establish the effect of employee mobility and innovation of selected upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria using a survey research design. Three upstream oil and gas companies were surveyed using proportionate and stratified random sampling techniques. A total population of 9,437 regular and contract employees were investigated with a sample size of 807. The validity of the instrument was determined using content and construct validity while Cronbach Alpha was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. Multiple linear regression Analysis was used to analyse the hypothesis with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (V26.0). The study found that employee mobility through knowledge sharing, hedge relationships, and knowledge transfer have positive significant effect on innovation of selected upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Findings further revealed that reward system has a negative significant effect on innovation of selected upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria. It concluded that employee mobility promotes innovation of selected upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the study recommends that upstream oil and gas companies in Nigeria should take advantage of knowledge sharing, hedge relationships and knowledge transfer with high reward system to enhance innovation within the companies.