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A Strategic Approach to Local Competency Gap Reduction: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry in Ghana

Amenshiah, Ambrose K.
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Analoui, Farhad
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2019-04
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Oil and gas industry, Ghana, Competency gap, Capacity building, Public sector, Performance management
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This empirical research explores local skill capacity gap in the petroleum industry in Ghana using a mixed method approach to study four public organisations. Matched samples of employees (226) were surveyed, while HR directors (9) were purposively sampled and interviewed. The findings suggest a wide local skill gap. Originality, this is one of the very few studies to explore the shortcomings of local skill capacity in public sector organisation. Research implications, more matched-sample studies are necessary to understand IOC’s local skill capacity further. Practically, the study is of significance to the policymakers. The main contribution of the research amongst others is to conceptualise the concept of HRM in Ghana’s context.
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Amenshiah AK and Analoui F (2019) A Strategic Approach to Local Competency Gap Reduction: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry in Ghana. Development Working Papers Series 3. Peace Studies and International Development, Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences. University of Bradford.
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