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    The influence of workforce diversity on public organization performance. A case of public secondary schools in Ilala district Dar es Salaam region
    (Mzumbe University, 2017) Mhagama, Erasto Maurice
    Workforce diversity is among the biggest challenge to many organizations, however majority of people believe that workforce diversity is fundamental for employee performance. The general objective of this study was to investigate the influence of workforce diversity on public organization performance in Ilala District in Dar es Salaam region. Three specific objectives included to examine the influence of gender diversity on employee performance; to investigate the influence of age diversity on employee performance; and to assess the influence of education diversity on employee performance. The targeted population was teachers from public secondary schools of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam region where a sample of 80 respondents participated. Both theoretical and empirical literatures were reviewed. Research design used was a case study and both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used. Data collection method used was documentary analysis, while data collection instruments used were documentary review schedule and questionnaire. The analysis of data was done by using Software Package for Social Science (SPSS). The findings of this study indicated that gender diversity contributes to employee performance. Youth teachers in public organizations are more adaptive to technological changes than those who are more aged in the given organization, therefore their influence in employee performance is high and age diversity is more advantageous to schools. Moreover learning more skills increase the employees’ performance, recruitment of employees in public secondary schools is done basing on education background to ensure efficient and performance of the employees, difference in education background is not a problem in performance of an employee. Therefore, gender diversity on work station influence positively on employees’ performance, age diversity contributes to employee performance, and education diversity increase employee’s performance. Workforce diversity is inevitable to each organization and hence deliberate policies and strategies should be done in order to influence performance. Much study on workforce diversity should be done in Tanzania