Human Resource Management Strategies and Organizational Crisis Management: A Study of Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC) (Published)
This study is centered on the human resource management strategies and organizational crisis in Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC). Two objectives were designed for the study along with two research questions as well as two research hypotheses. Survey research design and simple random sampling techniques were used in the study. The population of the study comprised of 237 employees of AKTC and the same number was used for the sample through the Census size determination technique. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Results from the analysis showed that collaboration has positive and significant relationship with organizational crisis in AKTC; and restructuring has positive and significant relationship with organizational crisis in AKTC. It was concluded that human resource management strategies have positive and significant correlation with organizational crisis in AKTC. It was recommended that management of the studied organization should ensure that collaborative work relations with other organizations are properly discussed and documented in order to reduce the chance of potential crisis between the organizations; and an organizational culture that promotes continuous innovativeness should be encouraged as such culture would help to keep the organization relevant and competitive overtime.
Keywords: Akwa Ibom State Transport Company (AKTC, Human Resource Management, Strategies., organizational crisis management