TITLE:
Career Development and Challenges of Employees in the Petroleum Industry of Ghana: The Case Study of ENI
AUTHORS:
Kelvin Prince Owusu, Nana Amina Abubakar, Dzordzoe Ocloo-Koffie, Richmond Sarpong
KEYWORDS:
Career Development, Petroleum Sector, Training, Employees, Management, Ente Nationale Idrocarburi (ENI)
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.9 No.4,
December
31,
2021
ABSTRACT: This study examined training and development on the career development of
employees of Ente Nationale Idrocarburi (ENI) and proposed counter-check
measures to offset the deficits found. Guided by specific research objectives,
the employees’ career development was evaluated by determining efficacy and the
role of training programs on career development, the relationship between
career growth and training opportunities, and measures that existed to improve career development. The
study used a mixed research approach. Purposive and Random sampling was used to
sample 82 respondents from ENI. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires
were used to gather primary data from both human resource respondents and
employees respectively while secondary data was obtained directly from ENI for
the data collection process. The data generally revealed that career
development within ENI was quite effective but had small loopholes that needed
to be addressed. Factors that made the career development initiative lacking
included bias in selecting employees for training and unfavorable training
policies.