Harnessing demographic differences in organizations : what moderates the effects of workplace diversity?

Guillaume, Yves R. F. and Dawson, Jeremy and Otaye, Lilian and Woods, Stephen A. and West, Michael (2015) Harnessing demographic differences in organizations : what moderates the effects of workplace diversity? Journal of Organizational Behavior. ISSN 0894-3796

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Abstract

To account for the double-edged nature of demographic workplace diversity (i.e. relational demography, work group diversity, and organizational diversity) effects on social integration, performance and well-being related variables, research has moved away from simple main effect approaches and started examining variables that moderate these effects. While there is no shortage of primary studies of the conditions under which diversity leads to positive or negative outcomes, it remains unclear which contingency factors make it work. Using the Categorization-Elaboration Model (van Knippenberg, DeDreu, & Homan 2004) as our theoretical lens we review variables moderating the effects of workplace diversity on social integration, performance and well-being outcomes, focusing on factors that organizations and managers have control over (i.e. strategy, unit design, HR, leadership, climate/culture, and individual differences). We point out avenues for future research and conclude with practical implications. Keywords: relational demography, work group diversity, organizational diversity, TMT diversity, workplace demography, diversity management

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Journal Article
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Journal of Organizational Behavior
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Guillaume, Y. R.  F., Dawson, J. F., Otaye-Ebede, L., Woods, S. A., and West, M. A. (2015) Harnessing demographic differences in organizations: What moderates the effects of workplace diversity?. J. Organiz. Behav., doi: 10.1002/job.2040. which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/job.2040/abstract This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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Subjects:
?? relational demography;work grup diversityorganizational diversitytmt diversityworkplace demographydiversity managementorganizational behavior and human resource managementpsychology(all)applied psychologysociology and political sciencediscipline-based res ??
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76074
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18 Nov 2015 10:26
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