Publication Date: 2024/01/20
Abstract: Workforce diversity is a contemporary reality that organizations cannotoverlook. It is important for institutions to develop policies and structures to ensure that reflect a diverse workforce to enhance employee performance. This study sought to determine whether workforce diversity has a significant effect on employee performance in Kenyan public sector. The research focused on the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology as a case study and was based on the main objective which was to determine the effect of workforce diversity on employee performance. Gender Schema and Intersectionality theories guided the research studyto contextualize the aspect of workforce diversity, specifically gender diversity, and its effect on employee performance. The study used descriptive research design.Fischer’s formula at 95% confidence level gave a sample size of 128 respondents out of 860 target population. Questionnaires were used to collect data. Data analysis was done through descriptive statistics of mean, frequency, standard deviation, correlation, and regression analysis using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Cronbach’s alphareliability test was 0.752 and 0.781 for employee performance and gender diversity respectively. Findings showed that gender diversityhas a significant positive correlation to employee performance (β1 = 0.163, p<0.05). Also, Pearson’s correlation shows that workforce diversity positively impacts on employee performance by 78% (r= .785**, P= .000) at 5% level of significance. R-square value pf 0.783 also shows gender diversity impacts employee performance by over 78%. The study concludes that workforce diversity in terms of gender has a positive significant effect on employee performance. It thus recommends more research to be done in other public sectors, private sectors, and on other diversity variables.
Keywords: Workforce Diversity, Gender Diversity, Employee Performance, Public Sector.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10538051
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