Talent Acquisition and Employee Engagement in the Multinational Oil and Gas Companies in Nigeria
Vol. 6 Issue1
The study investigated the effect of talent acquisition on employee engagement in the multinational oil and gas companies in Nigeria. Primary data was generated through 5-point Likert scaled structured questionnaire. The population of the study is 10914 employees in 6 Multinational Oil and Gas Companies in Nigeria. The sample size of 386 was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula. reliability of instrument was achieved using Cronbach Alpha coefficient with items scoring above 0.70. 258 copies of questionnaire were fit for analysis. With Statistical Package for Social Sciences frequencies were computed, descriptive and computed charts were displayed on the variables, inferential statistics such as the spearman’s rank order correlation statistics was employed for the purposes of determining the nature and proposed effect, and for testing the research hypothesis. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. findings revealed a strong positive significant effect of talent development on employee engagement and concludes that talent development significantly influences employee engagement in the multinational oil and gas companies in Nigeria. The study recommends human resource managers in multinational oil and gas companies to adopt as part of their practice talent acquisition to build capabilities and improve processes.
