Ayi, G. O.
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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Tamunomiebi, M. D.
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This study examined the relationship between e-recruitment and Organizational agility of indigenous oil and gas servicing companies in South-South, Nigeria. In this study the researcher adopted a census sampling technique to study all the 33 indigenous oil and gas companies in Rivers State because the population was small. However, preliminary field survey revealed that there are at least five (5) managers in each of the indigenous oil and gas companies in Rivers State. These respondents were drawn from administrative units, human resources unit, operations, accounts unit etc. Therefore, the study respondents were 165 in the 33 indigenous oil and gas companies in South-South, Nigeria. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation coefficient. The tests were carried out at a 0.05 significance level. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between e-recruitment and organizational agility of indigenous oil and gas servicing companies in South-South, Nigeria. The study concludes that e-recruitment positively enhances Organizational agility of indigenous oil and gas servicing companies in South-South, Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommends that indigenous oil and gas servicing companies should invest in robust technological infrastructure to support e-recruitment practices. This includes implementing applicant tracking systems, online job portals, and digital communication tools to streamline the recruitment process.
Keywords: E-Recruitment, organizational agility, flexibility, adaptability, sensitivity
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