Abstract:
The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between diversity management and organisational commitment among senior staff at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. There were four main specific objectives, among them were; to examine the relationship between Gender and organisational commitment; the relationship between Age and organisational; the relationship between Marital Status and organisational commitment and finally, the relationship between Level of Education and organisational commitment among senior staff at the University of Cape Coast. The study sought to explore the views based on 269 senior administrative staff from the study area, however, only 238 views were deemed usable for the study. It was a quantitative study with self-administered and an online-administered questionnaire as the main research instrument. The results from the survey were processed with the help of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS v26.0). The findings of the study revealed that; Gender, Age and the Level of Education of employees which formed the components of diversity management in the organisation, all had a positive and significant relationship with organisational commitment except Marital Status. As a result, it was recommended that the University of Cape Coast's management focus on implementing policies that will assist in bringing diverse people from various groups and categories into the working environment, so that the majority of the staff will be well motivated to carry out their tasks or duties perfectly.
