Risk-Taking Competence of Intrapreneurs and Social Sustainability in Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: An Operations Management Challenge

Abstract

This study sought to establish the relationship between risk-taking competence of intrapreneurs and social sustainability. Social sustainability which is one of the dimensions of organisational sustainability was measured by human capacity development and community service; while risk-taking competence stood as the sole dimension of intrapreneurial competence. Two research hypotheses guided the study; while data were generated from a sample of 242 managers drawn from 19 upstream sector oil and gas companies in the South South region of Nigeria. Data were analyzed using the mean and standard deviation techniques; as well as the structural equation modeling techniques. It was found that there is significant and direct relationship between risk-taking competence and human capacity development; but no significant relationship exists between risk-taking competence and community service. Hence, the study concluded that risk-taking competence is a good antecedent of human capacity development; but has no significant predictive power on community service.

Keywords: Community Service, Human Capacity Development, Intrapreneurial competence and organisational Sustainability.

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-10-07

Publication date: April 30^th 2020