Abstract:
The objective of this study was to investigate whether workforce diversity management significantly relates to performance of the employees of hospitals. The study was conducted at two selected hospitals, Base Hospital and District Hospital in Akkaraipattu, Eastern Province in Sri Lanka. A hypothesis was formulated to analyze the relationship between the independent variable, Workforce Diversity Management and the dependent variable, Employees Performance. A sample of 80 employees was selected by using simple random method. Structured questionnaires were used to get the primary data collection. The statistical software, SPSS was used to analysis the data and Univariative and Bivariative analyses were used to analyze variables. The results revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between Workforce Diversity Management and Employees Performance. The correlation coefficient of the relationship was 0.936 which was significant at 0.01 levels. This result implies that, though level of workforce diversity management is high, it could be further enhanced in the dimensions of workforce diversity management in order to improve employees’ performance.
