The romance of working together: Benefits of gender diversity on group performance in China

The authors examine cross-cultural differences in the effects of gender diversity on group identification and performance using workgroups from American and Chinese firms. Nationality is found to moderate the relationship between gender diversity and group identification in that gender diversity ass...

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Published inHuman relations (New York) Vol. 65; no. 11; pp. 1487 - 1508
Main Authors Zhang, Yan, Hou, LiWen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2012
Sage Publications
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
China
Citizenship
Conflict
Cross-cultural analysis
Crosscultural Differences
Cultural differences
Cultural Pluralism
Gender differentiation
Gender identity
Group Identity
Group performance
Homogeneity
Longitudinal studies
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Nationalism
Opposite Sex Relations
Peoples Republic of China
Sex
Sociology
Sociology of organizations and enterprises. Bureaucracy and administration
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
Task conflict
Task Performance
U.S.A
United States Of America
China
group performance
group identification
task conflict
relationship conflict
gender diversity
Interindividual conflict
Labour conflict
Cross-cultural comparison
Identification
Work Group
Performance
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Summary:The authors examine cross-cultural differences in the effects of gender diversity on group identification and performance using workgroups from American and Chinese firms. Nationality is found to moderate the relationship between gender diversity and group identification in that gender diversity associates more positively with group identification in Chinese workgroups than in American workgroups. Nationality does not moderate the gender diversity–group performance relationship: although the Chinese sample shows a positive association between gender diversity and group performance, the American sample shows no association. A second longitudinal study explores the mechanisms of relationship conflict and task conflict by which gender diversity benefits group performance in China. Results show that gender-diverse groups perform better than homogeneous groups by decreasing relationship conflict and task conflict. Future research directions and practical implications are discussed.
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ISSN:0018-7267
1741-282X
DOI:10.1177/0018726712453931