Diversity in the workplace refers to a workforce made up of people of many
races, ages, genders, nationalities, and sexual orientations. Moreover, organizational culture
includes an organization’s expectations, experiences, philosophy, and the values that guide member
behavior, and is expressed in self-image, inner workings, interactions with the outside world, and
future expectations. The research aimed to assess the effect of diversity management educational
program on organizational culture of nursing first line managers. Research Design: A quasiexperimental design with pretest, post- test and follow-up (post three months). Setting: At four
Minia University Hospitals (Minia University Hospital; and Gynecology, Obstetric and Pediatric
University Hospital, Urology University Hospital, Cardiothoracic University Hospital) in Minia
city, Egypt. Sample: The study included a convenient sample of 50 nurses in first line managers of
both genders over nine months Tools: Four tools were used to collect data pertinent to the study
which were: Diversity management knowledge questionnaire, diversity management skills
questionnaire, diversity management attitude questionnaire, organizational culture questionnaire.
Results: The study results revealed that, nursing first line managers’ knowledge, skills, attitudes
regarding diversity management increased, also, their organizational culture ability increased.
Conclusion: There was a positive highly statistically significant correlation between total nursing
first line managers’ knowledge, skills, and attitude regarding diversity management and their
organizational culture ability during immediate post and follow up program phases while there was
no statistically significant correlation at pre-program phase. |
