Trade Union Leadership Integrity and Collective Bargaining Effectiveness of Oil and Gas Trade Unions in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the relationship between trade union leaders‟ integrity and collective bargaining effectiveness of oil and gas trade unions in Port Harcourt Nigeria. The study adopted a crosssectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary data was generated through self- administered questionnaire. The population of the study was 2305 employees of 2 oil and gas trade unions in Port Harcourt. The sample size of 341 was determined using the Taro Yamane‟s formula for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. The study findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between trade union leaders‟ integrity and collective bargaining effectiveness of oil and gas trade unions in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The result of the findings further revealed that integrity gave rise to enhanced conditions of service, employees‟ welfare and workplace harmony of oil and gas trade unions in Port Harcourt. The study recommends that trade union leaders of oil and gas companies should endeavour to display integrity in all ramification of life so that they can be trusted to fight the course of the people they are representing.