DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2018.v05i11.003

Pages: 1003-1011

This paper seeks to explore the Effect of diversity Management on the Performance of Employees in Selected Multinationals in South East, Nigeria. The specific objectives are designed: to determine the effect of diverse job roles on employee performance of selected multinational companies and assess the impact of diverse conflict resolution policies on employee performance. A five point Likert scale-type questionnaire was constructed, and administered among the staff of the selected multinational companies in the South East Nigeria manually. The sample size of 313 was obtained from the population. The hypotheses were tested using simple linear regression statistical tools. The results of the analyses showed that diverse job roles positively affects employee performance of selected multinational companies in the South East of Nigeria (r = .845; f = 577.012; t = 24.02; p = .00). Diverse conflict resolution policies positively affects employee performance of selected multinational companies in the South East of Nigeria (r = .815; f = 456.050; t = 21.35; p = .00). The study therefore, concluded that; diversity management in terms of job roles and conflict resolution policies influence the performance of employees. It was recommended that; Management of various multinationals Companies should operates across border so as to monitor and recognize the activities of the employee such that job roles could be balance in accordance to individual culture and organizational Management should critically look into their conflict resolution strategy from the very first day they commence operation in a new cultural settings.