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| Tekijä: | Fenwick, G.D. Neal, D.J. |
| Otsikko: | Effect of gender composition on group performance |
| Lehti: | Gender, Work and Organization
2001 : APR, VOL.8:2, p. 205-225 |
| Asiasana: | GENDER GROUPS GROUP DYNAMICS PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | The effect of gender composition on group performance was investigated over three years using the MARKSTRAT2 simulation. Senior undergraduates formed groups and competed within five-firm (group) industries over 10 weeks, as well as submitting group reports on their performances. Performance and report marks were independent of group size and individual performance in other course assessment. Women per group (numbers, percentage, gendar ratio) was positively related to simulation performance, with few women-dominated groups rankin lower than first or second within each industry. Very few all-men groups achieved first or second rankings. There were no significant correlations between group gender compositions and marks for the group written report. Women's more interactive, people-oriented and co-operative work styles apparently facilitate the MARKSTRAT2 group process and, when combined with men's more analytical decision making tendencies and mixed groups. The emergence and utilization of these tendencies within groups are discussed in terms of Social Contact Theory and Competition Theory. |
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