An Empirical Study of Gender Discrimination andudEmployee Performance among Academic Staff ofudGovernment Universities in Lagos State, Nigeriaud

摘要

Research has shown that a recruitment policy devoidudof gender discrimination enhances employee performance in anudorganization. Previous studies in Nigeria show that genderuddiscrimination against men and women based on their ethnic,udreligious and geographical identity is common. This survey, however,udfocuses on discrimination against women on the basis of gender andudperformance in government universities in Lagos State, Nigeria. Theudmodel used for this study was developed and tested in which oneudhundred and eighty seven copies of the questionnaire that wereudadministered to respondents as completed by the academic staff ofudgovernment universities in Lagos State were retrieved. Pearsonudcorrelation and regression were utilized for the analysis of the study,udand the result showed that managerial roles based on genderuddiscrimination against women in government universities in LagosudState have affected employee job performance negatively. The studyudconcludes that for as long as gender discrimination rather than meritudremains the basis for staff employment into positions of authority inudNigerian Universities, enhanced performance is more likely to eludeudemployees and the educational sector in general.