CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

This study examined corporate social responsibility and organizational resilience in
construction companies Rivers State, Nigeria. The researcher formulated three objectives
and tested the three hypotheses. A descriptive survey was adopted and population of the
study was 151 employees selected from seven construction companies in Rivers State,
Nigeria. The researcher used random sampling technique and Taro Yamane’s formula to
determine the sample size which was 110. Both Primary and secondary data were utilized
for the study through a structured questionnaire. Spearman rank correlation was used to
test the hypotheses and descriptive statistics applied for the analysis of research questions.
The findings discovered a positive significant relationship between workforce-related
corporate social responsibility and innovativeness. The researcher concluded that work
environment-related corporate social responsibility influences growth strategy. It was
recommended that construction companies should use workforce-related corporate social
responsibility as organizational culture by training employees to acquire competent skills
and knowledge to achieve innovativeness.