| Looking inside and out: the impact of employee and community demographic composition on organizational diversity climate. | |
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PMID: 19025258 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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An organization's diversity climate refers to employees' shared perceptions of the policies and practices that communicate the extent to which fostering diversity and eliminating discrimination is a priority in the organization. The authors propose a salient element of the organizational context, the racial composition of the community where the organization is located, serves an important signaling function that shapes the formation of climate perceptions. In a study of 142 retail bank units in the United States, evidence is found for a relationship between the racial composition of an organization's workforce and diversity climate that is moderated by the racial composition of the community where the organization is located. The results suggest that when few racial minorities live in the community in which an organization is embedded, workforce diversity has an impact on employees' diversity climate perceptions. As racial minority popular share increases, workforce diversity tends to lose this signaling value. |
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Authors:
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S Douglas Pugh; Joerg Dietz; Arthur P Brief; Jack W Wiley |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of applied psychology Volume: 93 ISSN: 0021-9010 ISO Abbreviation: J Appl Psychol Publication Date: 2008 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-11-25 Completed Date: 2008-12-30 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0222526 Medline TA: J Appl Psychol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1422-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Management, Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. sdpugh@uncc.edu |
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Cultural Diversity* Demography Employment / manpower*, psychology* Humans Organizational Culture* Personnel Management* Residence Characteristics Social Environment* Workplace / psychology* |
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