TAMN, 2016 Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. Kifordu Anyibuofu Anthony, phd Edo University, Iyamho, Edo State Nigeria October, 2016 Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Background DM had influence on employee morale in relation to : age, Managing diversity and employee morale have had early influences. Management of diversity naturally has been of some concern to organized history throughout the history of civilization… Fayol –Catholic Church DM had influence on employee morale in relation to : age, gender, religion, tribe etc. DM is positive if the strategies were right and negative if they were not properly managed. Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Background contd… 1946-2015 1962 and 1985 four post-independence development plans, 7-point agenda of late Y’Ardua. 1999-2007 Economic Reforms of Obj 2008 -2015 The Road Map of GEJ 2016-date Buhari Change Mantra Implementation challenges because of the diverse Nigerians socio- economic and religious backgrounds (Nwankwo, 2010). Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Problems/Challenges Inability of Nigerian managers since 1960 to manage religious, ethnic and political diversities bordering on gender, nationality, social class, background, sex orientation, age, mental and physical capabilities amongst others in organizations. Manager’s ability to promote organizational integration Polarization , professionalism, individual identity, intellectual discrimination practices that can dampen morale by some staff that stretch these components in a work place too far The challenge of harnessing PEST factors successfully. Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Research Questions/Hypotheses Two Research Questions Two Null Hypotheses(Ho) guided this study at 0.05 level of significance Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Literature Review REVIEW APPLICATION AREA Theoretical Underpinnings Theory of Diversity Management Differences and Similarities of workers ‘’ Demographic Theory Mosaic collection of people with various characteristics Framework Theory Demography and cultural diversity Sociocultural Theory Language, attitude and sociocultural upbringing of employees Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Literature review contd…. APPLICATION AREA Conceptual frameworks Diversity Management Dimensions of Polarization and Potency ” Employee Morale Demographic factors National Development Management and capacity building Empirical Review Diversity management and Employee morale Best Global Practices(BGP) Model Specification PEST Workplace environment Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Methodology Survey design. 92 observations. Sample size of 92 drawn with a ratio of 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1 across the four firms used. Chi- square statistics . Statistical analysis was used for a critical or decision value at 5.02. Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Hypotheses Testing H1. hypothesis one H2.hypothesis two Computed chi square value X2 is 11.826 > critical value of 5.02. Decision: Reject the Ho and accept the H1, which shows a significant relationship between polarization and employees morale in the organizations under consideration. H2.hypothesis two Calculated chi square value X2 is 18.850 > critical value5.02. Decision : Reject Ho and accept H1, which shows that there is a significant relationship between employee morale and demography in diversity management. Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Findings Polarization, Autonomy, Flexibility, Potency and Participation in a descending order of magnitude are dimensions of employee morale Demographic factors, socio-cultural factors and workplace management factors in a descending order of magnitude are dimensions of workplace diversity management Workplace Diversity Management had a positive effect on the polarization aspect of employee morale Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is usually related to sustainability. Green issues, use of resources and relationship with the environment are key in business environment. Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Implications The proper management of the differences and similarities in behaviour, attitude to work, culture and religion of the workers would make for an increase in morale and performance Planned and systematic recruitment, reward and promotion of a heterogeneous mix of employees would increase the disposition of workers to achieve the organizational objectives Efficient and effective management of personal characteristics of a congenial work group would go a long way to make the employees have a good mind set in an organization Understanding individual differences, along the dimensions of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation and socio-economic factors would make for clarity of goals and lead to improvement in organizational performance. Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Recommendations The firms policy should: Continue to use diversity management to improve employee morale; Continue with Demographic workplace diversity management Have a workplace diversity management with a congenial work group towards an increase in organizational productivity and national development. Workforce Diversity Management and Employee Morale towards National Development. by Kifordu A.A. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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