Okechukwu Amah

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Okechukwu Amah is a Nigerian Petroleum Engineer and Business administration academic. [1] He is a faculty member and teaches Human Resources, Leadership, and Human Behavior in Organizations at Lagos Business School. [2] He also serves as the Research Director at Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University, Nigeria. [1] Okechukwu has over 31 years of experience working at Chevron Nigeria Limited, where he held a range of managerial positions. [3] [4]

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Okechukwu Amah
Okechukwu Amah.jpg
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUniversity of Ibadan, University of Benin
Occupation(s)Petroleum Engineer and Business Administration Academic
EmployerLagos Business School

Education

Okechukwu obtained his first degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Ibadan. [5] He also obtained a Master's in Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Business Administration(Organisational behaviour) from the University of Benin. [2]

Life

Okechukwu began his career as a petroleum engineer with Texaco Overseas Nigeria Limited. [3] During his tenure there, he held key positions such as District Petroleum Engineer and Assistant District Manager. [3] He was appointed Production Manager before the company merged with Chevron Nigeria Limited. [2] Then, he joined Chevron Nigeria Limited, holding other pivotal positions before leaving the company. [2]

Okechukwu joined the faculty at Lagos Business School after 31 years as a senior executive with Chevron Nigeria Ltd. [6] His research areas include leadership, work-life balance, and work attitudes. [6] Among his professional associations, he is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Nigerian Academy of Management, the American Academy of Management, the Society of Human Resources Management, and the Southern Management Society. [1] Okechukwu is an author, he has published many academic papers and case studies in scholarly journals around the world. [7] [8] Currently, he serves on the board of the Institute for Work and Family Integration along with Lagos Business School dean Chris Ogbechie. [9]

Selected works

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dr. Okechukwu Amah – IWFI" . Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Researcher detail". www.psinetwork.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  4. ↑ Amah, Okechukwu Ethelbert (2018-10-02). Globalisation and Leadership in Africa by Okechukwu Ethelbert Amah (Hardback). Springer. ISBN   978-3-319-98763-7.
  5. ↑ "Okechukwu Amah - Lagos Business School". Lagos Business School - Pan-Atlantic University. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  6. 1 2 "About the Contributors | IGI Global | IGI Global". www.igi-global.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  7. ↑ Amah, Okechukwu (6 January 2023). "Okechukwu Amah: BSc Petroleum Engineering, MBA, PhD". Researchgate. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Amah, Okechukwu Ethelbert (2018-09-22). Globalisation and Leadership in Africa: Developments and Challenges for the Future (1st ed.). Palgrave Pivot.
  9. ↑ "About – IWFI" . Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  10. ↑ Amah, Okechukwu Ethelbert, ed. (2023-01-26). Resolving the African Leadership Challenge: Insight From History. Emerald Publishing Limited.
  11. ↑ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  12. ↑ Amah, Okechukwu E (2018). "Determining the antecedents and outcomes of servant leadership". Journal of General Management. 43 (3): 126–138. doi:10.1177/0306307017749634. ISSN   0306-3070. S2CID   149371269.
  13. ↑ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  14. ↑ Amah, Okechukwu E. (2010). "Family-Work Conflict and the Availability of Work-Family Friendly Policy Relationship in Married Employees: The Moderating Role of Work Centrality and Career Consequence". Research & Practice in Human Resource Management. 18 (2): 35–46.
  15. ↑ Amah, Okechukwu E. (2018-01-01). "Employee engagement in Nigeria : the role of leaders and boundary variables". SA Journal of Industrial Psychology. 44 (1): 1–8. doi: 10.4102/sajip.v44i0.1514 . S2CID   150155675.
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