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| Author: | Tsui, A. S. Egan, T. D. O'Reilly, C. A. |
| Title: | Being different: relational demography and organisational attachment. |
| Journal: | Administrative Science Quarterly
1992 : DEC, VOL. 37:4, p. 549-579 |
| Index terms: | SOCIOLOGY ORGANIZATIONS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Self-categorization theory - people may use social characteristics such as age, race, or organizational membership to define psychological groups and to promote a positive self-identity - is used to develop and test hypotheses about the effects of demographic diversity in organizations on an individual's psychological and behavioral attachment to the organization. The results of the study call into question the fundamental assumption that underlies much of race and gender research in organizations - that the effect of heterogeneity is always felt by the minority. |
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