I would be most grateful if you could distribute the following request to your listserv.
Regards,
Ronni Greenwood
Subject: Request for unpublished data on workplace diversity or mergers
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
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Ronni Michelle Greenwood, PhD
Psychology Department
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
01382 386 816