A critical assessment of workforce diversity management strategies on firms productivity: A study of some selected Food and Beverage Industries in Lagos State, Nigeria
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2018-12-16
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Workforce diversity management is gradually being used and becoming acceptable as a significant organizational
resource in esteems to whether the objective is to be an employer choice, to offer outstanding customer service, or
to sustain a competitive advantage.This study examined the effectof workforce diversity management towards
organizational performance which focuses into the food and beverage industry within the larger manufacturing
sector. The study employed primary data mainly for revalidation of results and inferential information from
secondary sources. The study adopted cross sectional research design and considered 3 multinational
corporations in the food and beverage sector in Nigeria based on random sampling technique. The sample size
constituted the lower, middle and senior level staff of the multinational Corporations at their headquarters and
plants to achieve the objectives of this study based on the two hypotheses that were formulated. Both descriptive
and inferential statistical techniques were employed. The statistical tools used included cross tabulations, Mean,
Regression and Correlation analysis with the aid of SPSS computer packages. The results showed that leadership
initiatives (LI) has a significant relationship with organizational success(OS) (at P =0.000). It was also observed
that organizational creativity (OCr) has significant effect on organizational creativity (OCr) (at P =0.000).In
conclusion, the study reflected that Workforce diversity represents both a challenge and an opportunity for
business and corporate entity. Hence, no organization in this dispensation of Globalization can survive without
workforce Diversity.
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