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GDO: Request for unpublished data on workplace diversity or mergers

  • 1.  GDO: Request for unpublished data on workplace diversity or mergers

    Posted 02-26-2008 01:49
    Hi all,
    I was asked to post this request for data on workplace diversity or mergers for a meta-analysis.. 
    Be well,
    Bobbie
     
    Bobbie Turniansky
    GDO list manager
    bobbie@erez.org.il
     
     

    Dear  Colleagues,
    We (Ronni Greenwood, Russell Spears, and Michelle Scott) are conducting
    a meta-analysis in which aim to integrate findings from two domains:
    social psychology's research on subgroup-superordinate relations and
    organizational psychology's research on workplace diversity.
    Social psychological models of subgroup-superorordinate relations are
    each derived from a "bottom-up" approach to the question of
    subgroup-superordinate relations, meaning that each emphasizes the
    impact of a superordinate category on a subgroup identity, asking the
    question, "what does the superordinate category do for its
    subgroups?", seeking to determine how to reduce conflict between
    social groups. In contrast, organizational psychologists have typically
    adopted a "top-down" approach, asking the question, "what do
    subgroups do for their superordinate group?", seeking to determine the
    impact of workplace diversity on outcomes such as productivity and
    morale. By integrating these two literatures, we hope to advance
    understanding of how subgroup categories shape relations within a
    superordinate group.
    >From the field of organizational psychology, we aim to collect research
    on work place diversity and research on mergers. Specifically, we hope
    to collect studies of workplace diversity in which one of the following
    paradigms was used to measure diversity: a) faultlines, b) relational
    demography, or c) group heterogeneity. We also hope to collect studies
    that assessed the effects of mergers on group outcomes.
    We are interested in studies that measured dependent variables such as:
    a) productivity & performance; b) intent to remain in the company or
    organization; b) turnover; c) satisfaction, morale, contentment,
    harmony, cooperation; d) conflict; ingroup bias e) identification,
    cohesiveness, commitment, loyalty.
    If you have any questions about the study, please direct them to Ronni
    Greenwood,     rmgreenwood@dundee.ac.uk.
    Papers should be sent to:     mgscott@dundee.ac.uk , or by post to:
    Michelle Scott
    School of Psychology
    Dundee University
    Dundee Scotland DD4 6QD


    Ronni Michelle Greenwood, PhD
    Psychology Department
    University of Dundee
    Dundee DD1 4HN
    01382 386 816