Change Management and Employees’ Commitment of Oil and Gas Companies in Rivers State

Abstract

In organizations, changes are inevitable, they are liable to surface at any given time; but, the ability for management to be resilient is what really matters for their sustainability. Thus, firms must welcome those changes and accord them the right attention using the appropriate strategies. The aim of the study is to examine the nexus betwixt change management and employees’ commitment of oil and gas companies in Rivers State. The target population for this work constitutes all the recapitalized oil & gas in Nigeria, whereas, the sample is seven and twenty (720) staff of the five (5) oil and gas firms, which includes SPDC, NAOC, Total, Chevron and LNG and figures for each firm was determined using Bowley (1974). The study used questionnaire to collect data from the respondents and Cronbach alpha was deployed to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. Spearman-Rank-Statistical-Technique was used, utilizing the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The Spearman’s rho was employed to check the connection involving the independent variable dimensions as well as the dependent variable measures. The findings indicated a solid connection betwixt change management (measures: process change and content change) and the dedication of oil and gas company personnel in Rivers State. For future company resilience and sustainability on normative and affective commitment, the study indicated, among other things, that organisational leadership ought to make sure that they preserve, inspire and teach personnel on change management.