Outsourcing in the Form of Risk Sharing and Staff Commitment Among Employees in Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Between 2018 – 2023

Outsourcing in industrial organizations has become one of the contemporary discourses in practice. Outsourcing in the form of risk sharing and staff commitment among employees of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Rivers State, Nigeria. Survey research design method was used for the study. Taro Yamene formula for determining sample size was adopted. Data were collected through questionnaire, while ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses. The findings show that there is a significant relationship between outsourcing occasioned by confusion created by risk sharing and staff commitment among employees in the study area. Another finding reveals that there is a significant relationship between getting trustworthy vendors and staff commitment among employees in the study area. The study also shows that there is a significant relationship between outsourcing based on sharing of ideas and employee's commitment in the study area. Structural functional theory of outsourcing was adopted for this study. The study recommends that there should be proper communication between management personnel of both the MNCs and the vendors. There should be proper harnessing of ideas based on knowledge and experience. Main MNC should supervise the activities of the vendors properly. Another recommendation for this study is that SPDC should endeavour to choose the right service providers. Again, poor sharing of ideas should be avoided.