scholarly journals Ecological Marketing Practice and Issues of Agricultural Economic Sustainability: A Focus on Oil Firms’ Activities in Niger Delta

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-128
Author(s):  
Komene G.L. ◽  
Nweidua L.P.
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Agricultural Economic ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Score Test ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Marketing Practice ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Oil Company

This study was carried out to examine the extent to which the ecological marketing practice of the oil firms: Shell BP, Agip Oil Company, and Elf Oil Company have improved agricultural economic wellbeing of the oil-bearing communities in Niger Delta. A descriptive survey research design was employed in this study. The population of the study was 37,965,391 drawn from Niger Delta States based on which a sample size of 400 respondents was determined using Taro Yamane’s sample size determination techniques at 0.5 percent level of significance. The purposive sampling procedure was employed to enable the researcher to select the representative sample elements of the population interest from the right respondents who have adequate knowledge of the study under investigation from the different strata that makes up the population of the study. A structured instrument for data collection containing twenty (20) item questions was used for the study. The face and content validation of the instrument was obtained through the judgment of experts. A test-retest method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and the reliability index of .83 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using the mean score test and the percentage test method to answered the research questions; while the inferential statistics of the Z-score test was used to test the null hypothesis at .05 level of significance. Results obtained revealed that “Ecological marketing practice of the oil firms does not significantly improved agricultural economic poverty, agricultural market failure, agricultural economic frustration, and agricultural land limitation in the oil-bearing communities in Niger Delta”. The implication of this finding is that the oil firms’ ecological sustainability marketing activities was considered to lack the needed proactive improvement values which, if ethical based ecological effort is not adopted to create sustainable improvement; oil firms might experience unpredicted operational interruption by the oil-bearing communities. It was therefore, recommended that oil firms should consider employing proactive ecological marketing efforts in a more ethical and responsible manner to sustain the agricultural economic wellbeing of the oil-bearing communities.

scholarly journals Ecocide Activities and Oil Firms’ Ecological Marketing Practice: A Focus on Agricultural-Economic Sustainability in Niger Delta

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Komene Goodnews Loanyie
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Agricultural Economic ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Score Test ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Marketing Practice ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Oil Company

This study was carried out to examine the extent to which the ecocide activities in Niger Delta have affected the ecological marketing practices of the oil firms: Shell BP, Agip Oil Company, and Elf Oil Company in the improvement of the agricultural economic wellbeing of the oil-bearing communities in Niger Delta. A descriptive survey research design was employed in this study. The population of the study was 37,965,391 drawn from Niger Delta States based on which a sample size of 400 respondents was determined using Taro Yamane’s sample size determination techniques at 0.5 percent level of significance. The purposive sampling procedure was employed to enable the researcher to select the representative sample elements of the population interest from the right respondents who have adequate knowledge of the study under investigation from the different strata that makes up the population of the study. A structured instrument for data collection containing twenty (20) item questions was used for the study. The face and content validation of the instrument was obtained through the judgment of experts. A test-retest method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and the reliability index of .83 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using the mean score test and the percentage test method to answered the research questions; while the inferential statistics of the Z-score test  was used to test the null hypothesis at .05 level of significance. Results obtained revealed that “Ecological marketing practice of the oil firms does not significantly improved agricultural economic poverty, agricultural market failure, agricultural economic frustration, and agricultural land limitation in the oil-bearing communities in Niger Delta”. The implication of this finding is that the oil firms’ ecological sustainability marketing activities was considered to lack the needed proactive improvement values which, if ethical based ecological effort is not adopted to create sustainable improvement; oil firms might experience unpredicted operational interruption by the oil-bearing communities. It was therefore, recommended that oil firms should consider employing proactive ecological marketing efforts in a more ethical and responsible manner to sustain the agricultural economic wellbeing of the oil-bearing communities.

Perceived Influence of Students’ Demographic Variables on Their Access to Financial Aids in Public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-50
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Olorunleke Eseyin
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
The Public ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Rivers State

The paper investigated the perceived influence of students’ demographic variables on their access to financial aids in public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Six questions were formulated to guide the study and five hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design adopted for the study was an analytical survey. The population of the study included 78, 216 students (34,997 male and 43,219 female) in the three public Universities in Rivers State. The sample of the study covered 791 students (Male= 395 and Female= 396) selected through the random sampling technique while Taro Yamane method of sample size determination was used for determining the sample size. The instruments used for collecting responses from students were questionnaire and a ten items interview schedule. The research questions were answered using frequency, percentage and cumulative percentage. Findings of the study revealed that students’ demographic variables have an influence on their access to financial aids in public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. The implication of this is that the government’s expenditure on education will continue to increase in the absence of these alternative financial aids in the public Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria.

scholarly journals Knowledge Acquisition and Resource Exploitation of Indigenous Oil and Gas Companies in Niger Delta, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maclayton Teinb
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

This study examined the relationship between knowledge acquisition and resource exploitation of indigenous oil and gas service companies in Niger Delta, Nigeria. Primary data was generated through structured questionnaire. The methodology used was quantitative and a cross-sectional survey method was adopted in the investigation of the study variables. The population of this study consisted of 332 (Three Hundred and Thirty Two) staff members of 26 highly functional/ active operational indigenous oil and gas service companies operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A sample size of 181 was determined using Taro Yamen sample size determination formula. 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 the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22.0. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between knowledge acquisition and resource exploitation of indigenous oil and gas service companies in Niger Delta, Nigeria.  The study recommends that indigenous oil and gas companies should foster relationships with critical stakeholders such as customers and suppliers and develop networks that may bring valuable information to the company, and opportunities to get new ideas from external parties should never be neglected. The managerial implications follow that if a firm enjoys a broad and connected client network it can facilitate the emergence of ambidexterity by stimulating higher levels of trust internally. However, if this firm is heavily dependent on teams to develop ambidextrous abilities in a self-managing and contextual fashion, trust may prove to be detrimental.

scholarly journals Subcontractor Oversight on Construction Cost Overruns in Real Estate Projects in Nairobi and Kisumu Counties, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Joanne A. Kepher ◽  
Charles M. Rambo ◽  
Raphael O. Nyonje
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Cost Overruns ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Real Estate Projects ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
Level Of Significance

Cost overruns have provided a significant challenge in the construction industries of both developed and developing countries. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence Subcontractor Oversight on Construction Cost Overruns of real estate projects in Nairobi and Kisumu Counties. The study was guided by objective, to establish the extent to which subcontractor oversight influence real estate construction projects cost overruns. The research adopted descriptive survey and correlational research designs. The study targeted a population of 4000 project professionals that constituted 7 professionals from active real estates in Nairobi and Kisumu Counties and 10 key informants from the real estate industry. Using the Krejcie and Morgan table of sample size determination, the sample size for this study was 351. The study then adopted stratified, simple random and purposive sampling methods to select appropriate sample sizes from the study population strata. Structured questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection, supported by interview guide. Hypothesis was tested at α=0.05 level of significance and the results were: H0: There is no significant relationship between subcontractor oversight and real estate construction projects cost overruns was rejected since P=0.000<0.05. Considering the study findings and conclusions, the following recommendations were made: Project professionals and other relevant real estate project stakeholders should encourage comprehensive subcontractor oversight as critical concerns in assembling pertinent information and creating avenues that could be utilized to reduce real estate construction projects cost overruns.

scholarly journals Relationship between Provision of Students' Academic Advising Resources and Effective Performance of Instructional Roles by Teachers in Secondary Schools in Nandi East Sub-County, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 304-314
Author(s):  
Kosgei Kipruto Pius; Prof. Frederick B. J. A. Ngala; Prof. Henry Kiptiony Kiplangat
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Academic Advising ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Sample Size Determination ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Instructional Roles ◽  
Insufficient Time

This study sought to investigate the relationship between the provision of students' academic advising resources and effective performance of instructional roles by teachers' in secondary schools in Nandi East Sub County, Kenya. The study adopted a correlational research design. Test re-test method was used to test the reliability of the instruments. The study targeted secondary school teachers while the accessible population was 192 teachers teaching in the 30 secondary schools and 30 deputy principals in Nandi East Sub-County. The study used proportionate sampling to categorize respondents into female and male; Boarding and day schools. Proportional sampling was used to apportion teacher respondents from various schools. Simple random sampling method was adopted to sample the actual respondents. The Sample size was 127 teachers in the 30 sampled schools determined by using Krejcie and Morgan Table of Sample Size determination and the 30 deputy principals surveyed. The study reported that  that there was a positive and significant relationship between the provision of academic advising resources and performance of instructional roles by teachers' The study concluded that teachers were ineffective in providing career guidance materials to students, regularly giving academic advice to students, and regularly providing students with recreational games, insufficient time was allocated to academic counselling sessions, and some teachers were not effective in regularly organizing school-wide academic advisory services. This study recommends that principals of secondary schools should ensure that academic counselling sessions are scheduled in the timetable to address the issue of insufficient time allocated to academic counselling.

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