2025-04-04https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/42681Severalsourcesoftoday'spressureonmanagersinstrategic decision-making aredirectlyassociatedwithsocialissuesrather than traditionalstrategicmanagementissues.Itisbelievedthat firms thatinvestincommunitydevelopmentaremorelikelyto operateinharmonyinthesocietyoftheiroperations,assuch reduce interferencefromtheirhostcommunity,thusleadingto enhanced corporateimage.Therefore,itbecomespertinentto present datatoshowtheexistenceorotherwiseofarelationship between communitydevelopmentinitiativesandthe firm's cor- porateimage.Thisdataisgottenfrom336respondentsfromfour top oilandgas firms quotedintheNigerianstockexchange. Responsesweegatheredfromtheemployees’ of the firms, asitis believed theyhave first handinformationonthe firm's corporate social responsibilitypolicies.Thedataispurelydescriptiveand wasgottenthroughquantitativemethods,specifically througha surveyquestionnaire.Thequestionnairehadtwosections;section A containedbackgroundquestions,whilesectionBconsistedof questionsthatwerespecific tocommunitydevelopmentinitiatives and corporateimage.TheCronbachalphainternalconsistency of the questionnairerevealedareliabilitycoefficient of0.732,thus revealingahighconsistencylevel.The field data set is made widely accessible to enable critical investigation into the subject.application/pdfH Social Sciences (General), HT Communities. Classes. RacesArticle