Identity salience: a moderator of the relationship between group gender composition and work group conflict

This study proposes and tests models in which the salience of gender serves as a moderator of the relationship between group gender composition and work group conflict. The numerical distinctiveness of gender group composition was found to trigger the salience of group members' gender identitie...

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Published inJournal of organizational behavior Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 749 - 766
Main Author Randel, Amy E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.09.2002
John Wiley & Sons
Subjects
Conflict management
Demography
Gender aspects
Gender identity
Group composition
Group identity
Identity
Invited Essay
Men
Personality psychology
Salience
Saliency
Social identity
Social interaction
Social psychology
Workplaces
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Summary:This study proposes and tests models in which the salience of gender serves as a moderator of the relationship between group gender composition and work group conflict. The numerical distinctiveness of gender group composition was found to trigger the salience of group members' gender identities for men in the group. Identity salience was found to affect work group conflict beyond what one would predict on the basis of gender diversity alone. Support was found for gender identity salience as a moderator variable with respect to the linkage between numerical distinctiveness in gender work group composition and relationship conflict in work groups for men. This study offers an explanation for the differing effects found across studies regarding the effect of group composition on work group conflict: the extent to which gender is relied upon by group members in describing those in their group.
Bibliography:Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.
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ISSN:0894-3796
1099-1379
DOI:10.1002/job.163