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. 2021 Oct 12:12:733429.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733429. eCollection 2021.

Managing Diversity in the Chinese Organizational Context: The Impact of Workforce Diversity Management on Employee Job Performance

Zhiwen Li  1 , Marijana Oljaca  1 , Saba Fazal Firdousi  2 , Umair Akram  1
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Managing Diversity in the Chinese Organizational Context: The Impact of Workforce Diversity Management on Employee Job Performance

Zhiwen Li et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of workforce diversity management on employee job performance in the Chinese organizational context, considering the mediating effect of person-job match and employee commitment and the moderating effect of structural empowerment. Data were collected from 400 telecommunication sector employees in China. All hypotheses were tested through structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings of the study illustrated that workforce diversity management has a positive and significant impact on employee job performance. Furthermore, the results indicated that person-job match and employee commitment partially mediate the relationship between workforce diversity management and employee job performance. Moreover, structural empowerment directly affects employee job performance, whereas a moderating effect is also found in the relationship between workforce diversity management and employee job performance. Finally, implications and limitations are discussed.

Keywords: China; employee commitment; employee job performance; person-job match; structural empowerment; telecommunication sector; workforce diversity management.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Conceptual model. WDM, workforce diversity management; PJM, person job match; EC, employee commitment; SE, structural empowerment; EJP, employee job performance.
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Conformity factor analysis. WDM, workforce diversity management; PJM, person job match; EC, employee commitment; SE, structural empowerment; EJP, employee job performance.
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Structural model. WDM, workforce diversity management; PJM, person job match; EC, employee commitment; SE, structural empowerment; EJP, employee job performance.
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Interaction graph SE*WDM and EJP. WDM, workforce diversity management; SE, structural empowerment; EJP, employee job performance.
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