Assessment of Accident Risks on Project Time Performance in The Ghanaian Upstream Oil and Gas Industry: The Role of Management

If Ghana's economy gets richer because of better project accident risk assessment, poverty and underdevelopment will go down. The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of accident risk assessment on project time performance and management’s role as a moderating factor in Ghana's upstream oil and gas industry as an emerging economy. The management theory of Henry Mintzberg serves as the foundation for the study's theory and hypothesis. Purposive sampling was used to select employees and managers preoccupied with project management and risk assessment roles as respondents, and quantitative data were collected from 589 Ghanaian upstream oil and gas industry employees in the Western Region of Ghana. These voluntary informants have worked in the industry for more than six months. The study reveals a significant relationship between accident risk assessment and project time performance, with management roles as a moderating factor in the Ghanaian upstream oil and gas industry. Keywords: Accident risk assessment, Project Time Performance, Upstream Oil, Gas Industry, Management