LEADER MINDFULNESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF MAJOR MULTINATIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN RIVERS STATE

CHIGBU, Ikechukwu Elias
Department of Management
Faculty of Management Sciences
Rivers State University, Port Harcourt
eliasus40@gmail.com
OLOMI, Progress Ovunda
Department of Management
Faculty of Management Sciences
Rivers State University, Port Harcourt
progressolomi@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study examined the influence of leader mindfulness on organisational sustainability. The study
examined three major multinational oil and gas companies in Rivers State, with a population of 856
staff drawn from Total, Shell and Agip Oil and Gas Companies. A sample size of two hundred and
seventy-three (273), was obtained through simple random sampling technique. The study adopted a
correlational research design and collected primary data using questionnaire. The Kendall tau_b
correlation was employed as the analytical tool to test the formulated hypotheses. The study revealed
that leader mindfulness relates to economic sustainability, environmental sustainability and social
sustainability. Following these findings, the study concluded that mindfulness positively and
significantly relates organizational sustainability of major multinational oil and gas companies in
Rivers State. Based on the findings and the conclusion, the study recommends that leaders in
multinational oil and gas companies should develop good mindset built by knowledge pool in their
operations, so as to easily direct workers to focus and meet organizational objectives in relation to
sustainability practices as desired by the organization.
Keywords: Economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, leader mindfulness, social
sustainability