Okechukwu Amah is a

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Petroleum Engineer and

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academic. He is a faculty member and teaches Human Resources, Leadership, and Human Behavior in Organizations at

Lagos Business School Lagos Business School (LBS) is the graduate business school of Pan-Atlantic University, owned by the Pan-Atlantic University Foundation (PAUF), a non-profit foundation registered in Nigeria. LBS was founded on inspirations from the teachings of ...

. He also serves as the Research Director at

, Pan Atlantic University,

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. Okechukwu has over 31 years of experience working at

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Limited, where he held a range of managerial positions.

Education

Okechukwu obtained his first degree in Petroleum Engineering from the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...

. He also obtained a

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and a Ph.D. in

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(Organisational behaviour) from the University of Benin.

Life

Okechukwu began his career as a petroleum engineer with Texaco Overseas Nigeria Limited. During his tenure there, he held key positions such as District Petroleum Engineer and Assistant District Manager. He was appointed Production Manager before the company merged with Chevron Nigeria Limited. Then, he joined Chevron Nigeria Limited, holding other pivotal positions before leaving the company. Okechukwu joined the faculty at

after 31 years as a senior executive with

Nigeria Ltd. His research areas include leadership, work-life balance, and work attitudes. Among his professional associations, he is a member of the

Society of Petroleum Engineers The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit professional organization whose stated mission is "to collect, disseminate, and exchange technical knowledge concerning the exploration, development and production of oil and ...

, the Nigerian Academy of Management, the American Academy of Management, the Society of Human Resources Management, and the Southern Management Society. Okechukwu is an author, he has published many academic papers and case studies in scholarly journals around the world. Currently, he serves on the board of the Institute for Work and Family Integration along with

dean

Chris Ogbechie Chris Ogbechie (born 8 April 1950) is a Nigerian academic who has been the Dean of Lagos Business School since 2021. He is also a professor of Strategic Management at Lagos Business School and visiting professor at Strathmore Business School in N ...

Selected works

* Amah, Okechkwu (2023). Resolving the African Leadership Challenge: Insight From History. Emerald Publishing Limited * Amah, E. Okechukwu & Ogah, Marvel (2021). Work-life Integration in Africa: A Multidimensional Approach to Achieving Balance. Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN 978-3030691127 * Amah, Okechukwu(2018).Globalization and Leadership in Africa: Developments and Challenges for the Future.Palgrave Pivot. ISBN 978-3319987637 * Amah, O. E. (2009). Job satisfaction and turnover intention relationship: the moderating effect of job role centrality and life satisfaction. ''Research and Practice in Human Resource Management'', ''17''(1), 24–35. * Amah, O. E. (2018). Determining the antecedents and outcomes of servant leadership. ''Journal of General Management'', ''43''(3), 126–138. * Amah, O. E., & Oyetunde, K. (2019). Human resources management practice, job satisfaction, and affective organizational commitment relationships: The effects of ethnic similarity and difference. ''SA Journal of Industrial Psychology'', ''45''(1), 1–11. * Amah, O. E. (2010). Family-work conflict and the availability of work-family friendly policy relationship in married employees: the moderating role of work centrality and career consequence. ''Research & Practice in Human Resource Management'', ''18''(2). * Amah, O. E. (2018). Employee engagement in Nigeria: The role of leaders and boundary variables. ''SA Journal of Industrial Psychology'', ''44''(1), 1–8.

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