Diversity and groups / edited by Katherine W. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Phillips, Katherine W.

Series:

Research on managing groups and teams ; v. 11.

Research on managing groups and teams, 1534-0856 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teams in the workplace.

Diversity in the workplace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald/JAI, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diversity results from the constellation of individual traits, characteristics, identities, experiences, and knowledge that individuals bring to a group. When individuals come together in groups, the similarities and differences among them may have a profound influence on how they feel, communicate, establish cohesion, deal with conflict, negotiate status differences, share and integrate information, develop ideas, make decisions, process information, and solve problems. The effects of diversity are broad and complex. Although there is a long history of research on diversity, researchers are delving deeper into the moderators, contextual factors, psychological processes, and sociological constraints that impact how individuals and groups manage the complexities of diversity in organizations.This volume will help promote research on diversity in groups by identifying and integrating various areas of research related to diversity across multiple disciplinary traditions. Because researchers in so many different areas have been studying the impact of diversity, and because it plays such an important role in group process and performance, this volume includes chapters and should be relevant for scholars who sit or were trained in many different academic departments including management, communications, psychology, labor and industrial relations and sociology.

Contents:

Demographic faultlines and creativity in diverse groups / Lisa H. Nishii, Jack A. Goncalo

Metaperceptions in diverse work groups : intrapersonal perspectives and intragroup processes / Eden B. King, Seth Kaplan, Steve Zaccaro

Self-disclosure : beneficial for cohesion in demographically diverse work groups? / Tracy L. Dumas, Nancy P. Rothbard, Katherine W. Phillips

To be enhanced, understood, distinct, or to belong? : the role of multiple identity motives in homogeneous and diverse groups / Margaret E. Ormiston, Elaine M. Wong

Beyond information exchange : new perspectives on the benefits of racial diversity for group performance / Samuel R. Sommers

Diversity, newcomers, and team innovation : the importance of a common identity / Floor Rink, Naomi Ellemers

Harnessing the power of emergent interdependence to promote diverse team collaboration / Heather M. Caruso, Anita Williams Woolley

The language of bias : a linguistic approach to understanding intergroup relations / Quinetta M. Roberson, Bradford Bell, Shanette C. Porter

A contextual reexamination of work team diversity research : review and future agenda / Aparna Joshi, Hyuntak Roh

Capstone chapter for the volume : integrating themes and future research opportunities in work group diversity / Jennifer A. Chatman

Taking advantage of differences : increasing team innovation through identity integration / Chi-Ying Cheng, Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Fiona Lee

Duo status : disentangling the complex interactions within a minority of two / Denise Lewin Loyd, Judith B. White, Mary Kern

In search of significance : a role-set approach to uncovering the social importance of demographic categories / Ray Reagans

Preface / Katherine W. Phillips.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9786613681683

9781280770913

1280770910

9781848550537

1848550537

OCLC:

609843593