Assessing the Perception of Employees on Workplace Diversity Management Practices in NLCIL

Abstract

Workplace diversity refers to the similarities and differences between employees in terms of age, work experience, physical abilities, cultural diversity and disabilities, as well as religion, race, gender, and sexual orientation. The research tries to understand the perception of employees on workplace diversity management practices. Pilot study sample size of the research was 50 employees from NLCIL. Descriptive research design was used. Structured questionnaire was used for primary data collection. Path analysis was used for data analysis. The research discovered that there is influence of cultural diversity and work experience diversity on employees’ attitude in NLCIL. The analysis also found that there is influence of cultural diversity on employees’ performance. The research also identified that there is influence of employees’ attitude on employees’ performance in NLCIL. Hence, it is concluded that the NLCIL is train their employees to be aware of cultural differences and to encourage employees to embrace diversity and to improve employee attitude and their performance.