GPH-International Journal of Applied Science

The Evolution of the Organizational Culture: A Systematic Literature Review

Murillo Dias — 2025-03-22

This article provides a systematic literature review (SLR) on Organizational Culture. Our objective was to delineate the progression of these topics over the last 125 years, providing a substantial enhancement above a conventional bibliographic study. This systematic literature review (SLR) surpasses traditional literature reviews (TLR) by offering a comprehensive overview of the subject matter across decades. TLR showcases the most relevant or recent articles rather than their progression. A total of 2,500 records of scientific publications were amassed from four distinct databases using keyword searches, yielding 2,300 articles (200 exclusions) with an aggregate of 1,801,726 citations, excluding patents. We performed a bibliometric study with these data. The number of citations about organizational culture has risen ninefold in the last 50 years and is anticipated to double in the coming decades. Our data also reveal patterns in research investigations and the regional distribution of scholarly contributions. Additionally, our work presents implications and suggestions for future research in this domain.

Evaluation of non-human factors responsible for accidents in oil and gas companies in Niger Delta

Amaka Augustina Bisong — 2025-04-08

The study was carried out to evaluate the non-human factors responsible for accident causation in the oil and gas companies in the Niger Delta region. These non-human factors (NHFs) were captured using natural occurrence factor (NOF) and site location factors (SLF) while accident causation was conceptualized using rate of accidents (RA) and rate of incidents (RI). Cross-sectional and inferential designs were adopted and population comprised of field-workers of six sampled oil and gas companies in Niger-Delta from which 440 samples were obtained using Multi-stage sampling technique. Data were collected using questionnaire designed based on 5-point Likert and data analysis were done with descriptive statistics and regression using XL-STST version-20.1. The results of the descriptive statistics using weighted average (WA) revealed that the non-human factors which include NOF and SLF are substantial accident causation factors with WA of 3.82 and 3.55>3.00 respectively. and there is high level of accident occurrence which includes RA and RI with WA of 3.92 and 3.99 respectively. The regression analysisthere is positive and significant relationship between non-human factors and accident causation in the oil and gas firms (coefficient of determinant=0.292, p-value=0.000). The study concluded that non-human factors are substantial accident causalities factors in oil and gas firms in Niger-Delta. The study recommended that management of the oil and gas firms in Niger-delta should consider and use safer platforms that could withstand different level of weather adversity in order to assure safety of oil and gas workers in the platform especially deep-sea offshore oil and gas operations because the outcome of the current study has established that non-human factor like natural occurrences and site locations are substantial predictors of accident causation in the oil and gas firms operating in the Niger-Delta.

Investigation of health seeking behavior and its predominant determinant factors among students of Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State.

Chidubem R. Anosike — 2025-04-25

Health seeking behavior (HSB) is indirectly one of the predictors of health status of individuals, because it is the fulcrum of health behavior, a core determinant of health which contributes a whopping forty percent to overall health. Maintaining a healthy academic environment among other things demands an awareness of the HSB pattern of students. The study aimed to determine the HSB pattern of students of FUO and the major factors that influence it. In this cross-sectional study, 391 students participated and questionnaires were used as study instruments. Eight indicators including tendency to seek formal healthcare were used to determine the appropriateness or otherwise of HSB. Logistic regression and descriptive statistics were used as statistical measures while SPSS version 22 and Excel were used in the analysis. Among the key findings, 58.46% of the respondents exhibited appropriate HSB. The greatest barrier to visiting the university clinic was frequent lack of drugs, while lack of funds to pay for medical bills was the highest barrier to getting treatment in other hospitals other than the university clinic. Gender (p-value=0.4723, OR=0.7928) and access to clinic (p-value=0.5661, OR=1.229) did not show any association with HSB while parents’ level of education, severity of illness and socio-economic status were significantly associated with HSB. Respondents patronized pharmacy (62.56%) more than any other healthcare facility within Otuoke community. The key determinants of HSB turned out to be the parents’ level of education, seriousness of illness and financial state of students. Notwithstanding the slightly higher level of appropriate HSB, inappropriate HSB remained substantial in the study population.