Demographic Diversity and Faultlines: The Compositional Dynamics of Organizational Groups Export

@article{citeulike:579586, abstract = {In this article we address issues of diversity within organizational groups by discussing and summarizing previous approaches and by introducing a new variable-faultlines-which depends on the alignment of individual member characteristics. By analyzing a group's faultlines, we focus attention on the underlying patterns of group member characteristics, which can be an important determinant of subgroup conflict, particularly when the group's task is related to one of its faultlines. We discuss the dynamics of faultlines from the early to later stages of a group's development and show how they may be strongest and most likely when diversity of individual member characteristics is moderate.}, author = {Lau, Dora C. and Murnighan, Keith J.}, citeulike-article-id = {579586}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/259377}, comment = {This paper is a bass for a lot of work - the ideas are simple but insightful - of the "why didn't I think of it" kind. In short the paper claims that when key attributes of group members are correlated rather than cutting across the membership there is a danger of a faultline formation between groups that can cause personal emotional conflict. }, journal = {The Academy of Management Review}, keywords = {cohesion, culture, groups}, number = {2}, pages = {325--340}, posted-at = {2006-04-07 17:48:09}, priority = {0}, title = {Demographic Diversity and Faultlines: The Compositional Dynamics of Organizational Groups}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/259377}, volume = {23}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:579586 L3 - citeulike-article-id:579586 N2 - In this article we address issues of diversity within organizational groups by discussing and summarizing previous approaches and by introducing a new variable-faultlines-which depends on the alignment of individual member characteristics. By analyzing a group's faultlines, we focus attention on the underlying patterns of group member characteristics, which can be an important determinant of subgroup conflict, particularly when the group's task is related to one of its faultlines. We discuss the dynamics of faultlines from the early to later stages of a group's development and show how they may be strongest and most likely when diversity of individual member characteristics is moderate. IS - 2 JF - The Academy of Management Review EP - 340 TI - Demographic Diversity and Faultlines: The Compositional Dynamics of Organizational Groups VL - 23 SP - 325 KW - cohesion KW - culture KW - groups N1 - This paper is a bass for a lot of work - the ideas are simple but insightful - of the "why didn't I think of it" kind. In short the paper claims that when key attributes of group members are correlated rather than cutting across the membership there is a danger of a faultline formation between groups that can cause personal emotional conflict. AU - Lau, Dora AU - Murnighan, Keith PY - 1998/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/259377 ER -