DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF MINISTRIES IN EDO STATE

Abstract

The increasing rate of tribalism, regional identities and discrimination among employers and employees in Nigerian organisations especially public ministries has remained a recurring spike in Nigeria. The study selected ministry of agriculture, ministry of health and ministry of education in Edo State to examine the level of diversity practiced in terms of culture diversity of ministries in Edo state. The general objective of this study is to examine the relationship between diversity management and employee performance in Edo State ministries. The study specifically aims to identify the extent of relationship that exists between culture diversity and job satisfaction of selected Ministries in Edo State. Descriptive research design was adopted in the study. The target population was 275 employees of ministries of agriculture, ministries of health and ministries of education in Edo State. A total of 275 copies of questionnaire were disseminated to the respondents of the study and they were all filled and returned 262 which was used as the sample size and also relevant for the study. Data were collated, analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) while percentages and frequencies tables were used for the descriptive research. To test the hypothesis, Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient Analysis was adopted. The study found out that diversity management such as culture diversity affect employee performance. The study concludes that culture diversity is critical workforce diversity management that determines employee performance in an organization. The study recommends that there is need for creating awareness and conducting trainings touching on management diversity since most of the staff did not think the organization has invested enough in sensitizing employees. Finally, the study contributed to knowledge by filling an important gap in the literature and creating an inclusive environment that can enhance employees’ effectiveness, and also provides a basis of future studies on diversity management and performance of ministries in Edo State.