Effectiveness of Human Resource Utilization in Oil and Gas Project

Abstract:

Employees are very important to every organization. This study attempts to examine the effectiveness of current human resource management utilization and practices in oil and gas projects in Malaysia, as well as to study the importance of having effective human resource management practices utilization. The human resource management practices namely training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, employee empowerment and ownership as well as work environment are the main practices that has being focused. A questionnaire form has been distributed to the employees of PETRONAS Carigali SDN BHD (PCSB), a leading oil and gas operator in Malaysia including their contractors.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 815)
• Pages: 434-438
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.815.434
• Online since: November 2015
• Authors: Idris Othman, M. Napiah, M.F. Nuruddin, M.M.A. Klufallah
• Keywords: Compensation, Development, Gas Projects, Human Resource Management, Oil Project, Training, Work Environment

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