Open AccessIMPLICATIONS OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY ON PERFORMANCE AND ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN IT INDUSTRY – A CONCEPTUAL STUDY
Author(s) -
R Sukanya,
R Manjula
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/4306960
Subject(s) - workforce , diversity (politics) , workforce diversity , business , human resource management , knowledge management , process (computing) , work (physics) , human resources , resource (disambiguation) , organizational culture , public relations , marketing , engineering , management , political science , computer science , economics , economic growth , mechanical engineering , computer network , law , operating system
Organisation performance and its effectiveness always depend on the workforce incubated by the employers.Workforce diversity plays a major role in employee's career and professional performance which needs to be focusedproperly in order to manage it efficiently and effectively as it directly deals with overall organisational performance.Asper the previous research studies,workforce is inclusive of morale,culture and employee engagement where industriesinculcate the workforce culture wherein due to this the company performance fosters to industry standards. In thepresent situation,the diversity is highly recognised and it also serves as a resource for an organization which means inthe global scenario, proving efficiency, increasing competency, attending the standards and benchmarks has becomeone of the biggest challenge for the industries for which the major attention has to be paid.Overall management of workculture is also a very important area to focus. In this regard, the present research focuses on the impact of workforcediversity on organisational performance and its effectiveness in IT industry which also throw lights on individualcharacteristics such as gender, age, education, knowledge and their thought process. This study has considered theperformance and organisational effectiveness as dependent variables and workforce diversity as independentvariable.To analyse the research data secondary source of data collection such as, journals, articles and online sourcehas been considered from which the findings and conclusions are drawn