The Effect of Workplace Discrimination on Employee Performance: Tesco

This report, a case study on Tesco, investigates the effects of workplace discrimination on employee performance. It begins with an introduction outlining the research aim, objectives, and questions, followed by a rationale for the study and a timeline of activities. A comprehensive literature review explores the concept of workplace discrimination, its impact on employee engagement, and its effects on employee performance. The research methodology details the research philosophy, approach, and the use of qualitative and quantitative methods, primary and secondary sources, and questionnaires. Data analysis and interpretation are presented, followed by research outcomes, and finally, conclusions and recommendations. The study employs questionnaires to gather data from Tesco employees, analyzing their awareness of workplace discrimination and its perceived impact on their performance and the company's. The report concludes with suggestions for minimizing workplace discrimination and enhancing employee engagement and performance within Tesco.

Research Project

Table of Contents
TITLE: To examine the effect of workplace discrimination on performance of employees. A case
study of Tesco..................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Overview of research..............................................................................................................3
Research Aim.........................................................................................................................3
Research Objectives...............................................................................................................3
Research Questions................................................................................................................3
Rationale of research project..................................................................................................4
Activities and timescales........................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................5
Concept of workplace discrimination.....................................................................................5
Effect of workplace discrimination practices on employee engagement..............................6
Impact of performance of employees due to workplace discrimination...............................6
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................7
Research philosophy...............................................................................................................7
Research approach..................................................................................................................7
Qualitative and quantitative method.......................................................................................7
Primary and secondary source................................................................................................7
Questionnaire..........................................................................................................................8
Cost, access and ethical considerations................................................................................10
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS.........................................................................10
Data collection......................................................................................................................10
Data analysis and interpretation...........................................................................................10
RESEARCH OUTCOMES............................................................................................................21
Covered into PPT.................................................................................................................21
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMONDATION............................................................................21
Recommendation..................................................................................................................21
Conclusion............................................................................................................................21
REFLECTION...............................................................................................................................21

REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................23

TITLE: To examine the effect of workplace discrimination on performance of
employees. A case study of Tesco
INTRODUCTION
Overview of research
There are various employees and staff members working in different companies. There is
need to provide effective treatment for enhancing the workplace discrimination. It is important
for the company to have positive work culture for managing the work of the company in an
effective manner. There are various cases within companies where employees are discriminated
on the basis of different factors like region, race, culture, language, gender, pay etc. This creates
problems among the workforce as they are not treated in equal manner. The company considered
in this report is Tesco which is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retail
firm started by Jack Cohen in the year 1919. The headquarters of this company are situated in
Hertfordshire, England. This research is based upon the treatment that employees of Tesco are
given and what are the practices which Tesco is following for overcoming the issues related to
workplace discrimination.
Research Aim
The aim of the research project is “To examine effect of workplace discrimination on
performance of employees.” A case study of Tesco.
Research Objectives
The objectives of this research project is mentioned as beneath:
 To know what is the concept of workplace discrimination
 To examine the effect of workplace discrimination practices on employee engagement
 To analyze impact of performance of employees due to workplace discrimination
Research Questions
 What is the concept of workplace discrimination?
 What is the effect of workplace discrimination practices on employee engagement?
 What is the impact of performance of employees due to workplace discrimination?

Rationale of research project
The reason for doing this research is that workplace discrimination is a major issue faced
by several big organisations like Tesco. It is very important for companies to check that they are
not having case of workplace discrimination as it affects performance of employees. It is
concluded that organisations must be able to manage their work properly and minimise the cases
of demotivated employees. Another reason for choosing this research topic is to enhance
professional career and increase the ability for accomplishing best potential results.
Activities and timescales

LITERATURE REVIEW
It is a comprehensive summery of past investigation of a particular topic and subject. The
review consider summarise information about a specific topic which is gathered and collected by
different sources like surveys, books, articles and journals etc.
Concept of workplace discrimination
According to Doyle A. (2019), Workplace discrimination is defined as the the act which is
organised by the companies in association with employees for treating them in equal manner. the
term discrimination is defined as pre judicious treatment of the working environment and this
can affect various business activities like hiring of employees, promotions, growth, training,
firing, etc. while working in the company, there are different ways by which employees of the
company are being discriminated from each other. The different factors may be race, religion,
age, gender, etc. There are other ways like favoritism and partiality which is done among the
staff members in employees which creates issue of workplace discrimination and this is a major

issue for decline in performance of employees as well as companies. employment discrimination
is kind of unfair treatment provided to the employees at the time of recruitment. This can be done
on the basis of culture, language, religion, gender of the applicant. This sometimes decline the
moral of candidate. Equal pay is a concept of discrimination in which companies not paying
equal salaries to the employees working at same level. race discriminating is defined when the
senior executives of the company are favouring one or more employee over others.
Effect of workplace discrimination practices on employee engagement
According to the views of Badran, N. and Khalifa, G., (2016), Discrimination is defined as
one of the major issue of workplace and this has affected the performance of various companies.
When employees are happy and satisfied from their work, they will work in accurate manner for
achieving organisational goals and targets in specified time frame. On the other hand, if
employees are not feeling involved and engaged towards the company then they are not able to
perform well and this diminishes the efficiency of their work. It is very essential for the
employees of the company to take actions if there is any kind of discrimination which is done to
them. There are a lot of legal regulations and rules which companies have to adopt in order to
have proper management of workplace discrimination. employee engagement is affected because
of the practices against workplace discrimination. The reason behind this is that if employees are
not treated equally and their not paid in equal manner then it will not allow them to use their full
potential in their work. It is very important for all companies to you have control and monitor
over any practice which is is related to to enhance the workplace discrimination for taking care
of their employees and staff members.
Impact of performance of employees due to workplace discrimination
As per the views of Ogbo, Anthony, and Ukpere, (2014), Employee discrimination is
defined as the unequal treatment that management of the company is doing with several
employees and staff members. This is done by providing advantage and benefit to one employee
and not to other one. There are various kind of discrimination that take place at workplace.
Companies can provide effective and strong training programs to staff members in employees so
that they will have knowledge about the way in which they have to behave with other members
of the company. All the employees working in same environment must have respect towards

each other. This will help them in working properly with each other and achieving the
organisational targets in specified time frame. The main kind of discrimination that takes place
within the companies is because of the gender. Employees must not be discriminated on the
basis of their gender. Working women should be e provided equal treatment at workplace as they
are also contributing the same efforts which a male employee is putting in the company.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research philosophy
Research philosophy is defined as the way in which data and information regarding various
concepts related to research are collected, examined and analysed. This consists of various
sources from nature in development of proper knowledge about the concept which is used in the
research work
Research approach
Research approach is defined as a plan for managing the different activities and tasks of the
research. These include gathering of information, analysing the data and interpreting data for the
aim of accomplishing the various outcomes. there are basically two types of research approach
which are known as interpretivism and positivism. The researcher is using interpretivism in the
present research work.
Qualitative and quantitative method
Qualitative research method is defined as the way in which information and data is collected
by using open ended questions. According to this method of research, the main focus of the
researcher is on analysing the natural approaches towards the matter of subject. The main focus
of this kind of researches on the exploratory research which is used for knowing the various
opinions, reasons and motivations that the research topic is having. there are different tools for
collecting the data such as group discussion, survey, interview, etc. quantitative research method
is defined as the way of utilising the data and quantifying the various issues using statistical and
numeric data. This consists of various opinions, attitudes and behaviours and perceptions of
different kind of people and involving them in sample population.

Primary and secondary source
Primary and secondary sources of data used for collecting information in order to achieve
the aims and objectives of research. Primary source is defined as the first hand information that
is collected for doing the research work. In the present context, primary data is collected through
question which consists of various questions related to the research topic and respondents are
allowed to fill this survey. From their answers, interpretations and analysis is developed for
analysing the outcomes of research. On the other hand, secondary source of data is through
various articles, journals and newspapers which include information regarding workplace
discrimination.
Sampling
It is an activity of choosing specific number of person from a wide range of group of
people and population to collect data regarding a particular r topic. It assist the investigator to
gather correct and accurate information to accomplish research report. In this report, the surveyor
chose sample size of 30 individual from employees of Tesco plc and use simple random
sampling method.
Questionnaire
It is defined as the paper which is provided to different respondents for analysing the
ways of answering various questions related to workplace discrimination. The respondents are
provided questionnaire and data interpretation is done on their answers. Questionnaire for the
following research is mentioned below –

Questionnaire
1. Are you aware about the concept of workplace discrimination?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q2.What do you mean by workplace discrimination?
(a) Unfavourable treatment of workforce
(b) Biased workplace
(c) ineffective implement of laws
Q3. According to your viewpoint, are the practices of workplace discrimination have any
effect on employee performance?
(a) Agree
(b) Disagree
Q4. How workplace discrimination impact employees performance of Tesco?
(a) Negative manner
(b) Positive manner
Q5.What are the consequences of employee discrimination to the company's
performance?
(a) Diminishing reputation
(b) Less employee engagement
(c) Poor productivity
Q6. Is it essential for the management of Tesco to enhance practices of workplace
discrimination within organisation?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q7. According to your viewpoint, is it important for Tesco to implement regulations
related to workplace discrimination?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q8. What are the various reasons for implementing practices of workplace discrimination
in organisational culture?
(a) Unhealthy working environment

(b) Unfair treatment
(c) Gender inequality
Q9. What are the effective ways to minimise workplace discrimination in Tesco?
(a) Proper training
(b) Offer equal growth options
(c) Motivate employees
Q10. Recommended the ways through which Tesco can minimise workplace
discrimination at workplace?
Cost, access and ethical considerations
It is essential for the researcher to analyse various factors cost, access and ethical
considerations. There are many ways for managing the research work in an effective manner.
Cost - The cost estimated for completing the research is 40,000. It is considered that the project
activities are completed by using this provided budget.
Ethics – All the project work is done under ethics and values. The data and information collected
from the respondents is accessible and research is done in proper manner for analysing the
various factors. The ethics in research consists of managing the research work in proper manner.
The confidentiality, accessibility and informed consent of respondent must be present for
managing the work in effective manner.
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Data collection
Data collection is defined as the way of grabbing information for achieving the aims and
objectives of research. There are various ways of collecting data for completing the research.
Primary as well as secondary data is collected for doing this research. It is seen that data is
collected for doing the research in an effective manner. The secondary data is collected through
articles and journals.
Data analysis and interpretation

Questionnaire
Q1. Are you aware about the concept of workplace discrimination?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q2.What do you mean by workplace discrimination?
(a) Unfavourable treatment of workforce
(b) Biased workplace
(c) ineffective implement of laws
Q3. According to your viewpoint, are the practices of workplace
discrimination have any effect on employee performance?
(a) Agree
(b) Disagree
Q4. How workplace discrimination impact employees performance of Tesco?
(a) Negative manner
(b) Positive manner
Q5.What are the consequences of employee discrimination to the company's
performance?
(a) Diminishing reputation
(b) Less employee engagement
(c) Poor productivity
Q6. Is it essential for the management of Tesco to enhance practices of
workplace discrimination within organisation?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q7. According to your viewpoint, is it important for Tesco to implement
regulations related to workplace discrimination?
(a) Yes
(b) No
Q8. What are the various reasons for implementing practices of workplace
discrimination in organisational culture?
(a) Unhealthy working environment
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