TY - JOUR AU - ABIDI, Oualid AU - ZAIM, Halil AU - YOUSSEF, Dina AU - HABIBNIYA, Houshang AU - BARAN, Alper PY - 2017/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Diversity Management and Its Impact on HRM Practices: Evidence from Kuwaiti Companies JF - Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics JA - EJBE VL - 10 IS - 20 SE - DO - UR - https://ejbe.org/index.php/EJBE/article/view/187 SP - 71-88 AB - <p>The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Diversity Management implementation in Kuwaiti context and try to reveal its effects on human resource management practices. Data was collected through questionnaires from a variety of companies in the service sector in Kuwait. Convenient sampling method is applied. Among the questionnaires distributed 354 useful ones from 87 different companies were considered. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with varimax rotation is used to determine the underlying dimensions of HRM and DM. Furthermore, a regression analysis is used to measure the effects of diversity management on HRM. The major findings of this study are as follows: first, there is a positive significant relationship between Diversity Management policies and Human Resources Management practices. The “ability to manage people from different backgrounds” have the most significant effect on HRM practices, followed by “Ability to work in harmony with people from different cultures” component, then “Avoidance of discrimination” component.</p> ER -