Diversity in work teams : research paradigms for a changing workplace / edited by Susan E. Jackson & Marian N. Ruderman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Susan E., editor.

Ruderman, Marian N., editor.

Series:

APA science volumes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace.

Teams in the workplace.

Organizational change.

Minorities.

Corporate culture.

Organizational Innovation.

Minority Groups.

Institutional Management Teams.

Organizational Culture.

minorities.

Medical Subjects:

Minorities.

Organizational Innovation.

Minority Groups.

Institutional Management Teams.

Organizational Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Contained In:

ProQuest One Psychology ProQuest Info & Learning Co

PsycBOOKS (EBSCO) EBSCO

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1995.

Summary:

"Diversity in Work Teams: Research Paradigms for a Changing Workplace" explores how diversity affects one of the most popular management strategies used in business today: the formation of employee work teams. Work teams ideally operate to maximize flexibility, creativity, and productivity in a business environment. Frustrating this effort, however, is the increasing level of diversity found in the American workplace, which often heightens the difficulty of getting people to work together effectively. The authors of this volume argue that organizations must learn to understand and adjust to workplace diversity, because many of the specific assets and liabilities of work teams arise directly out of the diverse talents and perspectives of teams' individual members. [The authors] explore how the amount and type of diversity in teams shapes both internal team dynamics and team outcomes. The authors provide perspectives on how diversity affects team dynamics from a variety of disciplines: psychology, sociology, and management. [This book] moves beyond the traditional concept of diversity, which typically focuses on ethnicity, gender, and age, to include psychological differences (values and beliefs) and organizational differences (hierarchical level and occupation). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

1. Introduction: Perspectives for Understanding Diverse Work Teams / Susan E. Jackson and Marian N. Ruderman

2. Traits, Expectations, Culture, and Clout: The Dynamics of Diversity in Work Groups / Joseph E. McGrath, Jennifer L. Berdahl and Holly Arrow

3. Managing Diversity: The Role of Social Identities / Marilynn B. Brewer

4. Diversity, Social Identity, and Performance: Emergent Social Dynamics in Cross-Functional Teams / Gregory B. Northcraft, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Margaret A. Neale and Roderick M. Kramer

5. Relational Demography: The Missing Link in Vertical Dyad Linkage / Anne S. Tsui, Katherine R. Xin and Terri D. Egan

6. The Effects of Group Proportions on Group Dynamics / Pamela S. Tolbert, Alice O. Andrews and Tal Simons

7. The Role of Dominant Identity and Experience in Organizational Work on Diversity / Robin J. Ely

8. Managing Distances and Differences in Geographically Distributed Work Groups / David J. Armstrong and Paul Cole.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (APA PsycNet, viewed July 20, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Diversity in work teams.

ISBN:

155798333X

9781557983336

1557986347

9781557986344

OCLC:

123568056

Access Restriction:

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