Diversity of Demographic Characteristics and Work Performance in Nepalese Banking Industry

Abstract

Nepal is ethnically heterogeneous and is characterized by several workplace-reflective diversities. This paper established the relationship between the diversity of demographic characteristics and the performance of employees in the Nepalese banking industry. A structured questionnaire was used as a tool of the survey among the employees of three commercial banks of Nepal and 61.11 percent of responses were received and use for data analysis purposes. The results indicate that diversity of demographic characteristics in terms of ethnic diversity, education diversity, age diversity, and gender diversity have a strong and positive relationship with work performance. The results of this study can be used to build strategies for optimizing the implementation of the diversity of demographic characteristics of employees in their work performance.

Keywords: Demographic characteristics, Diversity, Ethnicity, Education, Age, Gender, Performance

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-36-01

Publication date: December 31^st 2020