Selected research on work team diversity /

Selected research on work team diversity /

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Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association ; Greensboro, N.C. : Center for Creative Leadership, ©1996.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 183 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Diversity in the workplace. Teams in the workplace. Workplace. Diversity in the workplace. Teams in the workplace. Electronic Books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139177

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Varying Form of Title:	Work team diversity
Other authors / contributors:	Ruderman, Marian N. Hughes-James, Martha. Jackson, Susan E. American Psychological Association.
ISBN:	1882197089 9781882197088
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. Print version record.
Summary:	This book contains seven papers from a conference on diversity and teams held in October 1994. The authors examine diversity in terms of a variety of attributes, with several papers looking at heterogeneity in terms of race and sex. By making this information more accessible, we hope to stimulate new research, which can eventually be used to guide organizations as they wrestle with the challenge of managing diversity effectively. Because it presents some of the most recent research on the topic of diversity within teams, this volume should be of particular interest to social scientists and students interested in studying the issue of workforce diversity. Although it does not attempt to provide direct advice about how to manage diversity within the context of the workplace, practitioners may nevertheless find that this book enriches their understanding of the dynamics of diversity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Other form:	Selected research on work team diversity (print)

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Summary:	In recent years the US workforce has become increasingly diverse. At the same time, organisations are being confronted with problems that cannot be effectively dealt with by staying within conventional hierarchical and functional bounderies; thus we see a growing use of teams that span these boundaries. This report includes seven scientific papers from a recent conference - Work Team Dynamics and Productivity Within the Context of Diversity - that add to the research on diverse teams. It is divided into three general areas: the management of diverse teams; the impact of group composition; and the dynamics of group process. These exploratory studies are primarily meant for researchers who are studying the dynamics of workforce diversity, but practitioners with an interest in research should also find them useful.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 183 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	1882197089 9781882197088