The effect of diversity management on the productivity of the staff of Payame Noor Physical Education Departments with emphasis on the mediating role of organizational justice

Increasing diversity of employees in sports organizations, in terms of social, cultural and skill has led to a focus on intercultural aspects and management of employee diversity, so the purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of diversity management on employee productivity with mediating of organizational justice. The present study was applied in terms of purpose and is descriptive-survey based on data collection. The statistical population included managers, deputies, staff and instructors of physical education departments of Payame Noor University (264 people) and the Using Cochran's formula, 157 people were selected by simple random sampling The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed using appropriate indicators. Structural equation modeling in PLS was also used to analyze the data. The results showed that diversity management and organizational justice have a positive and significant effect on employee productivity and explain 40% of the variance in productivity. Also, the direct, indirect (through organizational justice), total effect and variance inclusion (0. 587), diversity management on employee productivity were positive and significant, so the mediating role of organizational justice was confirmed. This means that 0. 587 of the impact of diversity management on productivity is transferred through organizational justice