THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SELECTED FROZEN FISH COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ABSTRACT The needs for Nigerian organization to pay attention to cultural diversity in organization have become necessary because of challenges of cultural diversity in work place. Thus the main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of cultural diversity on organizational performance. It specifically examined the effect of employee’s behavior on cultural diversity in frozen fish industry in Nigeria in selected companies and the impact of cultural diversity on organizational performance. In order to gain insight to these objectives, previous research has been investigated and some main theories have been selected. Through this it has been found that cultural diversity is a complex subject that can bring both positive and negative effect to organization. The primary sources of data collection were employed. The findings revealed that employee’s behavior has effect on cultural diversity in work place and also cultural diversity has impact on organizational performance. It was recommended that organization should establish structure that will encourage good ethical behavior of all levels of managers and employees as this has significant impact on organization performance.

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