Preventive Maintenance and Organizational Sustainability of Petroleum Tank Farms in South South, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.31150/ajebm.v5i3.950Keywords:
Preventive maintenance, Organizational sustainability, Petroleum Tank Farms, Environmental Sustainability, Social sustainabilityAbstract
The study investigated the link between preventive maintenance and organizational sustainability (measured by environmental sustainability and social sustainability) of petroleum tank farms in South-South, Nigeria. The underlying theory is the theory of routine dynamics, while objectivism is the philosophical underpinning. The cross-sectional survey research design was adopted, as the researcher could not manipulate the study variables. The questionnaire was the data collection instrument and the elements of the study population consist of 820 managers of petroleum tank farms in South South, Nigeria. A sample size of 262 was determined using the Krejcie & Morgan’s formula and this was adjusted by 10% to provide for attritions. The Bowley’s proportional sample allocation and the simple random sampling were deployed. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significance level by means of Structural Equation Modelling. The results revealed that increase in preventive maintenance is associated with increase in environmental sustainability and social sustainability. It is concluded that management commitment to preventive maintenance significantly enhances the measures of organizational sustainability of petroleum tank farms in South-South. It is recommended that managers of petroleum tank farms should increase the adoption of preventive maintenance, by allowing the engineers feel free to order spare parts to perform preventive maintenance activities, ensuring that the spare parts used for machines to do preventive maintenance are durable and meet the quality standards. Also, managers should ensure that majority of the employees understand the link between preventive maintenance and the company’s strategy.
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