Role of gender and ethnicity diversity on the performance of employee

In Today's increasingly changing business environment, in IT sector, organization's has adopted the strategy of recruiting diverse workforce for the growth and overall development. The present study explores the impact of gender diversity and ethnicity diversity on employee performance. The respondents were taken from five IT companies viz.-Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Polaris and TCS, 60 respondents from each company i.e. total of 300 respondents were asked through a questionnaire there views and awareness about two dimensions of workforce diversity viz. gender diversity and ethnicity diversity. The study revealed that there is significant impact of gender diversity and ethnicity diversity on the performance of employees in the organization.