INFLUENCE OF EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT ON OUTPUT QUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM ENI OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES, NIGERIA
Okochi, Kinikanwo and Ateke, Brown Walter
Volume 7 Issue 1
Abstract
The study investigated the influence of employee empowerment on output quality: evidence from Eni Oil and Gas industries, Nigeria. An explanatory research design was adopted in the study, while primary data were collected via a cross-sectional survey. The study population consist of two thousand, five hundred and thirty (2,530) employees of Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited -NAOC, Agip Energy and Natural Resources Limited - AENR, and Nigeria Agip Explorations Limited - NAE as presently constituted. Three hundred and forty-five (345) employees served as the sample size of the study; this figure was determined through the application of Taro Yemane’s formula for sample size determination. The test units were arrived at, using the judgmental sampling technique. A structured questionnaire, designed in the Likert five-point scale, which was validated by measurement and evaluation experts, human resource professionals and industry experts served as the instrument for primary data collection. The reliability of the instrument on the other hand was confirmed via the Cronbach’s alpha test. The simple regression technique was used as the test statistic to determine the influence of employee empowerment on output quality. The study found that employee empowerment positively and significantly influences output quality. It concludes that employee empowerment is an appropriate means of achieving output quality; and recommends that Eni companies and other organizations that desire to achieve output quality should institute employee empowerment schemes like employee involvement and employee participation.
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