Perceived Diversity and Team Functioning: The Role of Diversity Beliefs and Affect
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Contributors
Abstract
Based on data from 38 organizational teams (N = 241), we investigated the influence of perceived diversity on team identification and relationship conflict. Moreover, we examined the roles of diversity beliefs as a moderator and group affective tone as a mediator of these relationships. Objective diversity in age, gender, educational level, nationality, or tenure was not related to perceived diversity, team identification, or emotional conflict. But as hypothesized, perceived diversity was negatively associated with team identification and positively associated with relationship conflict. Diversity beliefs moderated these effects. Negative group affective tone mediated the relationship among perceived diversity, diversity beliefs, and relationship conflict. We found a similar trend for positive group affective tone with regard to the relationship among perceived diversity, diversity beliefs, and team identification. These results illustrate the central role of shared affect and diversity beliefs in determining whether work group diversity is an asset or a liability.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 33-61 |
Number of pages | 29 |
Journal | Small group research |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2013 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 84873540992 |
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ORCID | /0000-0002-0015-5120/work/142239819 |
Keywords
Keywords
- diversity, diversity beliefs, identification, relationship conflict, group affective tone, WORK GROUP DIVERSITY, ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION, INTERRATER RELIABILITY, INTRAGROUP CONFLICT, MODERATING ROLE, GROUP MEMBERS, PERFORMANCE, BEHAVIOR, CONSEQUENCES, METAANALYSIS