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Managing Diversity
Diversity Management -- Literature Search
The following articles provide an overview of diversity in the workplace, specifically within teams and managerial groups. With respect to team effectiveness, these articles address how various conceptualizations of diversity can impact team effectiveness. Overall, many of the articles point to mixed results, with some studies finding positive effects on team effectiveness and others finding negative outcomes. Other articles therefore discuss the best ways of managing diversity so that the best possible outcomes can be achieved while minimizing the potential negative outcomes of diversity in management teams. With respect to team leadership, one article discusses how diversity within upper management can lead to positive outcomes in some respects, but also lead to the development of social subgroups that can lead to division within the upper management teams which can inhibit a company's ability to move into new geographic areas.
Bunderson, J.S. & Sutcliffe, K.M. (2002). Comparing alternative conceptualizations of functional diversity in management teams: process and performance effects. The Academy of Management Journal, 45(5), pp. 875-893.
This article examined two different conceptualizations of diversity and their consequent links to process and performance effects on management teams. Specifically, the article examined functional diversity...
The authors argue that the impact of functional diversity may be associated with how functional diversity is conceptualized and measured. The research identified two different and important conceptualizations: (1) Dominant Function Diversity: where the diversity is made up of narrow functional specialists and (2) Intrapersonal functional diversity: where the diversity is made up of broad generalists with wide ranges of experience. Ultimately, the research presented in this paper found that Dominant Function Diversity was associated with negative outcomes for team performance while Interpersonal Functional Diversity was associated with positive outcomes for team performance and effectiveness.
Jackson, S.E., Joshi, A. & Erhardt, N.L. (2003). Recent research on team and organizational diversity: SWOT analysis and implications. Journal of Management, 29(6), 801-830.
This article makes a very important contribution to the literature by performing a meta-analysis of a number of studies conducted that examined the effects of workplace diversity on teams and organizations. The article summarizes the research that has been conducted in recent years, addresses the various questions that have been answered and highlights the issues that remain to be addressed by future research. The authors discuss the various meanings of diversity and the…
This study was also a meta-analysis examining team diversity and team outcomes. This analysis placed a special emphasis on moderating variables. Task related diversity was found to have a positive effect on team performance, while bio-demographic diversity was not related to team performance. Social integration was also not significantly impacted by team diversity.
Bassett-Jones, N. (2005). The paradox of diversity management, creativity and innovation. Creativity and Innovation Management, 14(2), 169-175.
This paper places the seemingly paradoxical outcomes of diversity against one another. On the one hand, diversity can lead to innovation and creativity, which can give companies and teams a discernable advantage. On the other hand, diversity can also lead to misunderstandings, conflict in the workplace and this can result in negative outcomes for team processes, team affect, social integration and ultimate team performance. The question then for management and companies is to determine what the optimum level of diversity is that will allow for the positive outcomes but prevent the negative outcomes. The paper discusses the best ways to manage diversity and how to implement it in teams and organizations such that it produces the best possible outcomes in all areas.
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