This study empirically investigates the nexus between Casualization and Employee Morale in the Oil industry, using Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) as a case study. The ‘Convenience Sampling Technique’ was used to assess the sample size of 200 employees. Data was analyzed via Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient, with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 27. The Findings revealed that: Casualization is significantly related to Employee Morale. It was concluded that all dimensions of the exogenous variable should be encouraged. All of which is to achieve high employee morale. Thus, the study recommends that: Management should allow casual workers access to certain perks and benefits such as: health benefits, performance bonuses, transportation allowances, etc. and they also should be allowed to have a workers' union for collective bargaining, sustained compensation policies, work on reducing stigmatization and focus on improving work conditions in order to achieve ‘high’ employee morale.

The challenges of poor adjustments and modifications to the exertions of the environment, amidst growing competition and market rivalry, are such that requires a re-assessment of the options available to the organization. One of such is the focus on the internal resources and creativity availed by the members of the organization. This paper investigated the role of intrapreneurship in the actualization of organizational responsiveness in 9 bottle water manufacturing firms in Rivers State, duly registered with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Rivers and Bayelsa State chapter. The paper was designed as a cross-sectional survey and detailed the use of the structured questionnaire in the generation of data from 36 managers within the manufacturing firms. Hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s rank order correlation. Results from the test indicate that the dimensions of intrapreneurship, namely: innovativeness, risk-taking and pro-activeness, all have significant and positive relationships with organizational responsiveness. The study based on this evidence affirmed that that the availing of platforms and supportive policies or frameworks that allow for innovative behaviour, risk-taking and pro-activeness within the organization has a strong tendency to enhance outcomes of organizational responsiveness for manufacturing firms in Rivers State, Nigeria.

This paper addressed the relationship between strategic flexibility and organizational innovativeness of tier 1 banks in Rivers State. The objectives of the study were to ascertain the role of three dimensions of strategic flexibility (resource orientation, robustness and agility) in the actualization of organizational innovativeness in the deposit money banks of interest. 5 banks were captured as the population of the study with 38 managers serving as units of measurement in the study. Primary data was generated using the structured questionnaire from the specified units of measurement with instruments assessed for reliability using the Cronbach alpha coefficient. Results demonstrated all instruments to be highly reliable. The Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient was utilized in the test for the hypotheses of the study with results demonstrating significant and positive relationships between the three dimensions of strategic flexibility and organizational innovativeness. Evidence based on the scatter diagram also demonstrated that strategic flexibility accounted for approximately 58% changes in the organizational innovativeness of the deposit money banks in Rivers State. It was concluded that dimensions of strategic flexibility such as resource orientation, robustness and agility, all play significant roles in shaping the organization's operations and functionality within its context; such that contributes significantly towards enhancing outcomes of organizational innovativeness.

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