EFFECT OF WORK FORCE DIVERSITY ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AMONG ACADEMIC STAFF OF AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY

Author Name: Olumide Gbenga Dada

Volume: 01 &  Issue:

Country: Nigeria

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2020-85381577/

Affiliation:

1. Student, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Governance, Kwara State University, Malete,Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The study determined the effect of labor force diversity on employee performance among academic staff of AfeBabalola University, Ado Ekiti-Ekiti, Ekiti State. the precise objectives are to look at the connection between gender diversity and employee performance; investigate the connection between age diversity and employee performance; evaluate the connection between ethnic diversity and employee performance and to assess the connection between educational background and employee performance. the info was collected from 100 respondents out of the population of 388 using purposive sampling technique with the help of five-point Likert scale close-ended questionnaire distributed to academic staff of AfeBabalola University, Ado Ekiti-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Data collected were analyzed through the adoption of easy percentage and regression (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) at 5% level of significance. The findings from the results of the analysis revealed that job force diversity has effect on employee performance, this is often shown by the parametric statistic (R=0.331a, R2 = 0.109 and Adj. R2 = 0.100) at 5% level of significance. However, the study concludes that Firstly, Age diversity use has no significant effect on academic staff performance at AfeBabalola University. Secondly; Gender diversity has significant effect on non-academic staff performance at AfeBabalola University. Thirdly, Ethnicity diversity has significant effect on academic staff performance at AfeBabalola University and lastly, Educational diversity has significant effect on academic staff performance at AfeBabalola University. The study concludes that researchers should achieve consensus on how workforce diversity is viewed and to develop a generally accepted definition of workforce diversity, thus allowing more researches to require place to explore more benefits and implications of workforce diversity towards organizational performance.

Key words: Workforce, Diversity, EmployeePerformance, Academic, Age, Ethnic, Gender.