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The Dynamics Of Managing Workforce Diversity In The Global Economy: A Reflection Of Practices In Nigerian Companies
by Nathaniel C. Ozigbo (Ph.D)

Abstract:
With increased globalization, workforce diversity management practices have emerged as an important issues for fueling changes in workplace across the global economy, Nigeria case is not an exception. Workforce diversity is defined as firms ability to give chances to and utilize resources of people from diverse cultures. This study therefore examines the workforce diversity management practices with respect to listed companies in Nigeria. The study triggers the need for these companies to pay attention to workforce diversity management as a potential competitive resource. The study noted that the existing studies in diversity have been done in the developed economies and these may not represent the situations in Nigerian companies. The respondents selected for this study consisted of employees from five listed companies located in Lagos State, Nigeria and convenience sampling techniques were adopted to select the sample size. To achieve some degree of representativeness, a moderately large sample size of 150 respondents were used for the study and only 135 (90%) of the respondents correctly filled the questionnaire and returned back. The reliability of the scales was tested using cronbach?s alpha and the construct validity was ensured while the content validity was established through review of a panel of five human resource professionals from different companies. The data collected was analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques. From the study, we found that workforce diversity enhances heterogeneity of human resources and if effectively utilized could serve as competitive weapon. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Keywords: Workforce Diversity Management Practices in Nigerian Companies

Keywords: Workforce, Diversity Management, Practices, Nigerian Companies

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