As public sector managers implement the policy of employing people that broadly reflects the social make up of a local society, there is a need to ensure that employees have a positive perception of ethnic diversity. Perceived environment of ethnic diversity (PEED) is conceptualised as employees’ view of how they are treated at work irrespective of where they come from. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between PEED and organisational identification (OID).,Data were collected by means of a survey of 908 employees from four public sector organisations in a state in Nigeria. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses.,Findings showed that OID may be fostered among multi-ethnic employees through the following framework: first, PEED had a direct relationship with OID and support was found, which was explained by the mediating role of co-worker social support (CWSS). Second, the effect of CWSS mediation was moderated by employees’ ethnic self-identification (ESI) such that those with strong ESI experienced lower OID.,As employee compositions in organisations increase in diversity, CWSS is presented in this study as a veritable measure for managers to foster OID.,This study is novel as it is one of the first to examine the mechanisms for linking PEED to OID through mediating effect of CWSS at different levels of ESI. Other contributions are discussed in detail in the study.

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种族多样性的感知环境是公共部门组织认同的决定因素

随着公共部门经理实施雇用人员的政策，该政策在很大程度上反映了当地社会的社会构成，因此有必要确保员工对种族多样性具有积极的认识。感知到的种族多样性环境（PEED）被概念化为员工对于如何对待工作的看法，无论他们来自何处。本文的目的是调查PEED与组织标识（OID）之间的关系。通过对来自尼日利亚一个州的四个公共部门组织的908名员工进行的调查收集了数据。研究结果表明，通过以下框架可以促进多族裔雇员使用OID：首先，PEED与OID有直接关系，并且得到了支持；同事社会支持（CWSS）的中介作用可以解释这一点。其次，通过雇员的种族自我认同（ESI）来缓解CWSS调解的影响，使得具有较强ESI的雇员的OID较低。随着组织中员工组成的多样性增加，本研究提出了将CWSS作为衡量其真实性的方法这项研究是新颖的，因为它是第一个研究通过CWSS在不同ESI水平上的介导作用将PEED与OID关联的机制之一。研究中还详细讨论了其他贡献。随着组织中员工组成的多样性的增加，本研究提出了CWSS作为对管理人员培养OID的一种切实可行的措施。这项研究是新颖的，因为它是第一个研究通过PE的中介效应将PEED与OID联系起来的机制之一。不同级别的ESI的CWSS。研究中还详细讨论了其他贡献。随着组织中员工组成的多样性的增加，本研究提出了CWSS作为对管理人员培养OID的一种切实可行的措施。这项研究是新颖的，因为它是第一个研究通过PE的中介效应将PEED与OID联系起来的机制之一。不同级别的ESI的CWSS。研究中还详细讨论了其他贡献。