The effects of diversity management on job satisfaction and individual performance of teachers

Abstract

In this research, the effects of teachers’ perceptions of the diversity management on their job satisfaction and individual performance were examined. Teachers who are working in public high schools during 2014 to 2015 academic year constituted the study group of the research. The data of the research in which quantitative method used were gathered with “Diversity Management Scale”, “Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire” and “Self-Reported Individual Performance Scale”. As a result of the analyses done, significant relationships were found between the diversity management and job satisfaction; and between the diversity management and individual performance. Also, it was found that sub dimensions of diversity management as individual attitudes and behaviors, organizational values and norms, administrative practices and policies together predict the general job satisfaction significantly.