Workplace Diversity and Employee Performance of Private Universities in Nairobi County – Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Kaltuma, Ibrein Ibrahim | |
| dc.contributor.author | Muli, Jedidah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-14T09:56:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-14T09:56:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-04 | |
| dc.description | Article | |
| dc.description.abstract | The poor employee performance attributed to the closure of five private universities in Kenya between 2015 and 2022, has severely affected the Kenyan educational system. This has led to the closure of these universities with hundreds of staff members rendered jobless and thousands of students been forced to relocate to other institutions. This has raised concerns over the standard of education in Kenya. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effects of workforce diversity on employees’ performance among private universities in Nairobi County. Of reference, this investigation evaluated age diversity, religion diversity, and gender diversity and education diversity effects on employee performance of private universities in Nairobi County, Kenya. Social identity theory, equity theory, pluralism theory and ability, motivation and opportunity theory are the survey’s anchored propositions. The findings of the study were based on descriptive and inferential analyses using correlation and regression analyses. The output of the survey unveiled a positively effect of age and religion diversities but insignificant on the performance of the employees. A negatively significant effect between gender diversity and performance of the employees was unraveled, while educational diversity depicted a positively significant effect. The suggestion noted that university management prioritizes hiring experienced staff. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ibrahim, K. I., & Muli, J. (2023). Workplace diversity and employee performance of private universities in Nairobi County – Kenya. International Journals of Academics & Research – IJARKE, 5(3), [https://doi.org/10.32898/ihssj.02/6.3article01](https://doi.org/10.32898/ihssj.02/6.3article01) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2617-703X | |
| dc.identifier.other | DOI: 10.32898/ihssj.02/6.3article01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/31938 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | IJARKE | |
| dc.title | Workplace Diversity and Employee Performance of Private Universities in Nairobi County – Kenya | |
| dc.type | Article |