diversity Flashcards
Diversity
any characteristics on the basis of which people can experience that someone is different from him/herself
positive effect of diversity
more diverse ideas/information so more likely to get a good decisions/solution
negative effect of diversity
you can get ingroup versus the outgroup because of social categorization
diversity constellation
the diveristy within a group
types of diversity constellations in the study
- faultline group
- cross-categorization group
- superordinate group
faultline group
clear subgroups (male versus female for example)
cross-categorization group
more potential in the diversity, based on different characteristics there are different subgroups
superordinate identity group
stressing the participants: you are a team, you are all in this together
Faultline group performed better than cross-categorized group
no, faultline group perfomed worse than cross-categorized group
superordinate group performed better than cross-categorized groups
true
Cross-categorized + low openness to experience = …. performance
below average
cross-categorized group + high openness to experience = …. performance
above average
faultline group + low openness to experience = …… performance
below average
faultline group + high opennes to experience = …. performance
average
Was the superordinate identity group affected by levels of openness to experience?
no
What can you do best for team performance?
stress the superordinate identity
What can you do best if you know your people score high on openness to experience?
put them in cross-categorized groups
Which type of team + which typ of leadership is best for innovation and reflection?
High functional diversity/heterogeneous team + participative boss
For which type of team + leadership style is performance worst?
High functional diversity/heterogeneous team + participative boss
High functional diversity/heterogeneous team + directive boss is good for ….
performance
What type of team + leadership style did not effect team reflection/performance/innovation?
low functional diversity/homogeneous team + participative boss
What type of team + leadership style effected reflection but not performance/innovation?
low functional diversity/homogeneous team + directive boss
Diversity can increase team conflict depending on ….
the leader being task- or person-related
value diversity
work ethic diversity
there is less conflict when there is high work ethic diversity + a task focused leader
true
there is less conflict when there is high work ethic diversity + person related leader
not true, there is more conflict
high traditionalism + person focused leader = …. conflict
more
there is less conflict when there is low traditionalism + person focused leader
true
power dispersion
the degree to which power levels vary within a group (high is hierarchical)
for teams in high in power it is better to have …. power dispersion
low, then there is less conflict
when there is low power disperson teams with low power have … conflict
more, it is better to have high power disperson in low power teams
what is the effect of more hierarchy on coordination enabling processes?
there are less coordination enabling processes
what is the effect of hierarchy on conflict-enabling states
there are more conflict-enabling states
less coordination enabling processes + more conflict enabling states has a positive impact on team effectiveness (performance and viability)
no, it has a negative impact
