Resource Reconfiguration Capability and Corporate Vitality of Domestic Airlines in Nigeria

ABSTRACT:This study examined the relationship between resource reconfiguration capability and corporatevitality of domestic airlines in Nigeria. The study adopted anexplanatory cross sectional survey research designwhich was carried out at the organizational level of analysis. The population of this study was the nine (9)operational scheduled domestic airline operators in Nigeria. The study adopted the entire population as a census.The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using the Cronbach alpha reliability instrument with all itemsscoring above 0.70. The Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient was utilized to establish the level ofrelationship as hypothesized with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. Findingsrevealed that there is a strong positive significant relationship between resource reconfiguration capability andcorporate vitality of domestic airlines in Nigeria. This study concludes that when domestic airlines in Nigeriadeploy their resource reconfiguration capability it enhances the corporate vitality especially in the dynamicbusiness environment. The study recommends that domestic airlines managers should also develop valuablecapability elements to connect and combine them in new ways, change their strategic responses, implement newkinds of management methods that are more responsive within their business processes, transform existingresources into new capabilities and integrated new externally sourced capabilities and combine them withexisting capabilities in order to achieve competitive advantage.

KEYWORDS:Resource Reconfiguration Capability, Corporate Vitality, Agility, Learning