Diminishing employees’ outputs have been major challenges for government, profit and non-profit organisations across the globe. This downward trend has been attributed to low employees’ morale caused by discriminatory practices in the workplace, most especially the university system. This study evaluated influence of diversity management on employees’ performance in public and private universities in Ondo State, Nigeria. Cross-sectional research survey design was employed to gather data from primary source and the study population was 5762. Taro Yamane (1967) formula was used to determine the sample size of 1,548. Purposive sampling technique was used in the study and out of 1548 questionnaire that were distributed, 1,121questionnaire were filled and returned for analysis. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (linear multiple regression analysis) were used to determine the effects of the predictor variables on the explanatory variable. Findings revealed that educational qualifications had significant positive effect on employees’ performance in public and private universities in Ondo State (f = 43.557, p < 0.05); and tenure of job diversity had significant positive effect on employees’ performance in public and private universities in Ondo State (f = 43.914, p < 0.05). The study concluded that diversity management (educational qualification and tenure of job) had statistically significant effects on employees’ performance among universities in Ondo State, Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommends that people of different skills and educational levels should be offered job opportunities and talents should be retained in the universities as a way of stemming high labour turnover as it is being experienced today.
Keywords: Diversity Management, Education Qualification and Tenure of job., Employees’ Performance
