Influence of Workforce Diversity on Employees’ Productivity at Eastern Africa Standby Force in Nairobi Kenya
Keywords:
Workforce Diversity, Educational Qualification Diversity, Employee ProductivityAbstract
This study sought to investigate the influence of workforce diversity on employee productivity at the Eastern Africa Standby Force in Nairobi, Kenya. The specific objective was to determine the effect of educational qualifications diversity on employees’ productivity at EASF Nairobi, Kenya. The study was anchored on the Social Identity Theory. The study adopted the descriptive case study design whereby the target population comprised of all the 250 employees working at EASF Headquarters in Nairobi. The sample size was obtained using the Krecjie and Morgan formula and the total was 152 respondents. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. The study found that the organization considers the education background during team formations to enhance the productivity of employees. The study therefore concluded that there was a positive correlation between workforce diversity and employee productivity with educational qualification diversity being ranked as the most significant independent variable. The study recommended that EASF should continue ensuring that team formation and assignment of roles based on educational background of the employees as this improves productivity.
Keywords: Workforce Diversity, Educational Qualification Diversity, Employee Productivity
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