PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SHIPPING COMPANIES IN THE NIGERIAN MARITIME INDUSTRY IN SOUTH–SOUTH REGION
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This study examined the relationship between part-time employment relationship and sustainable human resource management in shipping companies in Nigerian Maritime industry in the South-South Region. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary data was generated through structured questionnaire. The population of the study was one hundred and seventy (170) strategic managers of the selected six maritime firms. Taro Yamen’s 1970 sample size calculation formula was employed in ascertaining the sample size of one hundred and nineteen (119). 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 tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between part-time employment and the measures of sustainable human resources management in shipping companies in Nigerian Maritime industry in the South-South Region. The study concluded that part-time employment relationship positively correlates with sustainable human resource management. The study recommended that organizations in the maritime industry should fashion out ways to inculcate training and development even in atypical forms of employment relationship like part-time so as to be able to meet up the quality demands of their customers/clients. This would also help to strengthen the effectiveness and sustainability of human resource management in shipping companies in the Nigerian maritime industry.
Keywords: Part-time Employment, Maritime Industry, Sustainable Human Resources, Green Human Resource, Social Human Resource, Economic Human Resource.
CITATION: Chika-Anyanwu, H., & Tamunomiebi, M. D. (2022). Part-time employment and sustainable human resource management in shipping companies in the Nigerian maritime industry in South–South region. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (1), 282 – 295.
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