The Effect of Cross-Cultural Workforce Diversity on Organizational Effectiveness: A Case of Selected International Organizations in Addis Ababa
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this research is to examine the extent how cross-cultural diversity affects organizational effectiveness in selected international organizations in Addis Ababa. This research was aimed to achieve the following objectives; to assess, explain and identify how power distance, individualism/collectivism, masculinity/femininity uncertainty avoidance time orientation affect the organizational effectiveness. This research adopted explanatory research design to explain the relationship between variables. Quantitative method of research approach was also used to test the relationship between the dependent variables and independent variables. The target populations of this research were comprised of 462 professional employees from the two organizations 352 and 110 respectively. The researcher used 15% sale size from each organization and 70 questionnaires were distributed; 68 were returned. The questionnaire was a self-prepared questionnaire measured on Likert scale used to collect data from respondents. The questionnaire reliability was tested by using Cronbach’s Alpha test. The data obtained was analyzed by using statistical Package for Science. Descriptive and inferential statistics method was used to analyze the collected data. The correlation analysis evidenced that cultural diversity influences organizational effectiveness. The beta coefficient results also showed that culture has an influence in bringing variation in organizational effectiveness
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Power distance, Individualism, Femininity