Comparative Study of Diversity Management and Employee Fairness in the North Central Universities of Nigeria
- September 11, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: IJRIAS, Management
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) | Volume V, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Madu Ikemefuna1, Ndubuisi-Okolo Purity U. (Ph.D)2 & Abuh Astor Idris3
1,2,3Department Of Business Administration, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria
Abstract: Nigeria just like most countries of the world is diverse in its population content (e.g. people) and the people are ethnically or culturally diverse. It is also characterized by other aspects of diversity (e.g. age, gender, educational background etc.) which are even evident in organizations. Generally, the study objective is to investigate if there is any significant difference of diversity management on Employee Fairness in Nigerian Universities. Specifically, the study is ought to establish the difference in the Nature of Relationship between job Satisfaction and Employee Fairness among Universities in North Central Nigeria. A survey design was employed and the population comprises of Nine (9) selected universities that cut across the three (3) states under study. However, a sample size of 399 was determined using Taro Yamane sample size technique. Equality allocation format is shared among the three states under study hence 133 copies of questionnaires are distributed among each state. In return, 378 copies of questionnaire representing 95% of it is filled, returned and therefore used for the entire analysis. Descriptive statistics was use to test the mean differences while Kruskal Wallis test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings reviewed that the significance levels are within 1%, indicating that there is no significant difference in the nature of relationship between job satisfaction and employee fairness. Employee fairness in promotion exercise, equity prevalence in the settling of disputes and approval of leave bonuses if done on fairness will lead to job satisfaction.
Key Words: Diversity Management, Employees fairness, Equity and Job Satisfaction.
