Resource Management Accountability and Organizational Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Evidence from Nigerian Research Institutes

Abstract

In this study, we examined the influence of resource management accountability on organizational sustainable competitive advantage in the Nigerian Research Institutes, Benin City. The population of the study consists of all employees of the Nigerian Research Institutes, Benin City. A survey research design was adopted through the administration of structured questionnaire drawn with the aid of convenience sampling technique to three hundred and fifty (350) employees, which were arrived at by the use of number estimation formula. In theoretical terms, the dynamic capability theory was adopted as the outcome of interactions between resource management accountability and organizational sustainable competitive advantage. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 by running both descriptive and inferential statistics. The model parameters used in the framework were analyzed using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation technique. The findings revealed that resource management accountability has a positive and significant relationship with organizational sustainable competitive advantage in the Nigerian Research Institutes, Benin City. Based on this, it is recommended that organizations should design accountability framework that will be used to communicate, implement, monitor and improve on employee commitments towards the realization of organizational sustainable competitive advantage. Also, a culture of accountability and transparency should be actively promoted as a shared value and should be demonstrated through the clear articulation and consistent application of organization’s rules and regulations, policies and procedures including organization’s ethical values and standards of conduct.