The relationship between workplace discrimination and task performance of Administrative Staff in the University Education, Winneba

Abstract

This study explored the impact of workplace discrimination on employees’ performance. The descriptive survey research design was employed. The convenience sampling technique was employed to select 100 workers sampled from the administrative staff of the University of Education, Winneba. Questionnaire was used as data collection tool. The data was analysed descriptively by using percentages and inferentially by the correlation analysis thus Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficients. Results revealed that there was statistically significant negative relationship between gender discrimination and employees’ performance, ethnic discrimination and employees’ performance and religion discrimination and employees’ performance. It was found that there was no significant relationship between age discrimination and employees’ performance. It was recommended that Managers should enact workplace policy to reduce discrimination and such policy should be reviewed frequently to ensure that its effectiveness is maintained