WORKFORCE DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

Abstract

Workforce diversity management and employees’ performance  in Nigerian public institutions is a detailed  investigation of how public institutions in Nigeria manage the increasing difference in the mix and values of workforce, in other to maximize gains and minimize losses accruable from the assemblage of heterogeneous workforce. The objectives of the study therefore  is to investigate the impact of genuine commitment to workforce diversity management on employees’ performance  in Nigerian public institutions; and to examine the effects of organizations’ perception and interpretation of diversity on employees’ performance. The study is anchored on resource-based, and core competencies theories. The study adopted descriptive survey using questionnaire to  elicit information from respondents purposively selected from Nigerian public institutions. Findings of the study include; lack of genuine commitment to diversity management impacts negatively on employees’ performance; wrong perception and interpretation of workface diversity affects employees’ performance. The study therefore recommend among others; understanding the fundamental differences among workers of Nigeria public institutions; effective workforce diversity management as an organization with such strategy will have a leading edge in employee productivity and retention. 

Keywords: Workforce Diversity, Diversity Management, and Employees’ performance.