SELF AWARENESS AND EMPLOYEE WORK-LIFE BALANCE OF INDIGENOUS OIL AND GAS FIRMS IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between self-awareness and employee work life balance of indigenous oil and gas firms in Rivers State. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary data was generated through structured administered questionnaire. The population for the study was 6410 employees of ten (10) indigenous oil and gas firms in Rivers State. The sample size of 377 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. 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 with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. The study findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between self-awareness and employee work life balance (flexible work schedule and telecommunicating). The study recommended that employees should increase methods for self-awareness to further increase employee work life balancing in the oil and gas industry and there is need for employees and managers to harmonize their inter-relationship and manage self-awareness for better employee work life balancing.
Key Words: Work-life Balance, Self Awareness
CITATION: ONU, O., & Gabriel, J. M. O. (2020). Self-awareness and employee work-life balance of indigenous oil and gas firms in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(1), 288 – 297.
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