Ethnicity In Nigeria

Ethnicity as a demographic characteristic that is on a personal level, it is one set of cultural characteristics that is usually interchangeable with race. Studied has showed that ethnicity and race are related to employment outcomes such as hiring decisions, performance evaluations, etc. when people understand and communicate easily with their partners, it gives more sense of security that will better the business. Defining ethnicity in the context of Nigeria as a Nation is the composition of a shared language or related dialect, shared culture traits, spiritual universe, myth of common origin and often a core territory (Mustapha, 2011).

The Federal character principle that has to do with quota system, tend to ensure that different ethnic

There is a vital issue between ethnicity and religion in Nigeria, for instance the Hausa/Fulani and kanuri are predominantly Muslim while the Igbo and southern minorities predominantly Christians and Yoruba and northern minority have an almost equal number of adherents of both religions (Langer and Ukiwo, 2007). Religion is actually classified among the most visible manifestations of culture, its influence is view in the angles of dressing, ritual, what’s forbidden or not, greetings, etc. Schermerhorn J. et al (1995:37) adds that codes of ethics and moral behavour tend to have manifested from religious beliefs and the influence of religion on economic issues can be significant too, for example, the proposal of the Islamic Bank in Nigeria wishes to downplay interests on loans and other financial facilities in line with the Islamic doctrines. The salient role play by religion in lives of people makes it a crucial issue in curtailing diversity as every employees may likely react to a sort of circumstance on the basis of his/her religious

More so, Christians who want to engage in morning devotion should be accommodated and all other forms of worship. Workers should not be discriminated against on the basis of their beliefs. Prayers is seen as a religious exercise, which been noticed to have a vital impact in dealing with issues and reducing street and anxiety; which many religion encourage their followers to be doing regularly (Moberg, 2005).

O’Neil and Mone (1998) suggested that prayer has a positive impact on job satisfaction and that people who gear to the use of prayer will have an increase sense of motivation to achieve goals. In observations, studies have showed that people who take prayer as part of their overall spiritual relationship with high power and religious due to intrinsic motivation tend to be more confident in their ability to make career decisions and are open to manifesting a variety of career options (Duffy and Bluestein,