What types of diversity benefit workers? Empirical evidence on the effects of co-worker dissimilarity on the performance of employees

• Published in: Industrial relations (Berkeley) Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 678 - 712
• Main Author: KURTULUS, FIDAN ANA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2011; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Age Differences; Age groups; Altersstruktur; Arbeitsgruppe; Arbeitsleistung; Arbeitsproduktivität; Beschäftigungsdauer; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Correlation analysis; Data analysis; Demographic indicators; Demographics; Employees; Ethnicity; Geschlechterverteilung; Gesundheitswesen; Heterogenität; Level of education; Lohnstruktur; Multinationales Unternehmen; Occupational roles; Organizational Effectiveness; Personaleinsatz; Produktivitätseffekt; Qualifikationsstruktur; Racial Differences; Rasse; Sex; Sex Differences; Sociodemographic Factors; Socioeconomic factors; Studies; Tenure; U.S.A; USA; Wages; Work organization; Workers; Workplace diversity; United States > US

"This study explores the consequences of grouping workers into diverse divisions on the performance of employees using a dataset containing the detailed personnel records of a large U.S. firm from 1989 to 1994. In particular, I examine the effects of demographic dissimilarity among co-workers,...