Okechukwu began his career as a petroleum engineer with Texaco Overseas Nigeria Limited.[3] During his tenure there, he held key positions such as District Petroleum Engineer and Assistant District Manager.[3] He was appointed Production Manager before the company merged with Chevron Nigeria Limited.[2] Then, he joined Chevron Nigeria Limited, holding other pivotal positions before leaving the company.[2]
Okechukwu joined the faculty at Lagos Business School after 31 years as a senior executive with Chevron Nigeria Ltd.[6] His research areas include leadership, work-life balance, and work attitudes.[6] Among his professional associations, he is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Nigerian Academy of Management, the American Academy of Management, the Society of Human Resources Management, and the Southern Management Society.[1] Okechukwu is an author, he has published many academic papers and case studies in scholarly journals around the world.[7][8] Currently, he serves on the board of the Institute for Work and Family Integration along with Lagos Business School dean Chris Ogbechie.[9]
Selected works
Amah, Okechkwu (2023). Resolving the African Leadership Challenge: Insight From History. Emerald Publishing Limited[10]
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.[11]
Amah, O. E. (2018). Determining the antecedents and outcomes of servant leadership. Journal of General Management, 43(3), 126–138.[12]
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.[13]
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).[14]
Amah, O. E. (2018). Employee engagement in Nigeria: The role of leaders and boundary variables. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 44(1), 1–8.[15]