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Organizational Culture and Similarity Among Team Members’ Salience of Multiple Diversity Characteristics
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Randall, AE and Earley, PC, Organizational Culture and Similarity Among Team Members' Salience of Multiple Diversity Characteristics, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, (4) pp. 804-833. ISSN 0021-9029 (2009) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00461.x
Abstract
Research often has focused on the presence of individuals’ demographic differences, rather than the perception of such differences. We examined how organizational culture relates to similarity among individuals’ salience of their team members’ diversity characteristics. Moreover, we introduced a new approach to studying multiple diversity characteristics simultaneously. Team members who perceive their organizational culture as emphasizing respect for people were found to be unlikely to hold convergent views of their team members’ demographics. Also, high-performing team members were found to view the salience of demographic characteristics similarly to other team members. Our findings suggest that an organizational culture emphasizing respect for people may be associated with unexpected barriers among team members that pose a threat to effective team functioning.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
Research Group: | Business and Management |
Research Field: | Organisational Behaviour |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Work and Institutional Development |
Objective Field: | Work and Institutional Development not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Earley, PC (Professor Chris Earley) |
ID Code: | 101806 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 4 |
Deposited By: | Faculty of Business |
Deposited On: | 2015-07-09 |
Last Modified: | 2015-08-25 |
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