When more is better
| Autor: | Guowei Jian, Marcus A. Valenzuela, Phillip M. Jolly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Immigration Multilevel model 050209 industrial relations Multiculturalism Cultural diversity 0502 economics and business Industrial relations Similarity (psychology) Quality (business) Asset (economics) Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management media_common Diversity (business) |
| Zdroj: | Employee Relations: The International Journal. 42:507-524 |
| ISSN: | 0142-5455 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/er-05-2019-0202 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how organizational diversity may be associated with immigrants’ quality of coworker relationships. More specifically, this paper examines how immigrants’ perceived deep-level similarity and perceived workplace ethnic diversity may be associated with their quality of coworker relationships.Design/methodology/approachA final sample of 347 immigrant employees were surveyed. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses.FindingsImmigrants’ quality of coworker relationships is positively associated with their perceived deep-level similarity with other coworkers. In addition, perceived workplace ethnic diversity moderates this relationship such that the relation is stronger as perceived workplace ethnic diversity increases.Research limitations/implicationsThe study and analyses are based on cross-sectional and single-source data and cannot determine causality. The study is also restricted to immigrants in the USA.Practical implicationsFindings provide evidence that increased levels of ethnic diversity and deep-level similarity in the workplace may improve immigrants’ quality of relationships, helping them integrate more successfully in organizations. Thus, managers seeking to benefit from diversity should strive for the creation of truly multicultural organizations or workgroups and focus on fostering similarities in deep-level attributes to maximize their potential.Originality/valueImmigrants are an important asset for organizations, but research about their inclusion in organizations is limited, especially when examining their integration in their workplaces. This study addresses some of these limitations by looking at the effect of diversity in organizations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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