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The Impact of Group Composition and Attitudes Towards Diversity on Anticipated Outcomes of Diversity in Groups

Karen van Oudenhoven-van der Zee

University of Groningen, K.I.van.Oudenhoven-van.der.Zee{at}rug.nl

Paul Paulus

University of Texas Arlington

Menno Vos

University of Groningen

Niveditha Parthasarathy

University of Texas Arlington

In two studies, students evaluated group pictures of workgroups of varying ethnic and gender composition with respect to anticipated affective and productive outcomes. The impact of level of diversity, faultlines and individual differences in diversity attitudes on anticipated outcomes were examined. Favorable level effects of diversity were particularly found for groups with weak faultlines and for productive outcomes of diversity. In general, outcomes of cross-categorized groups were anticipated as more favorable than outcomes of groups with strong faultlines. Also in line with expectations, attitudes towards diversity moderated the impact of diversity on anticipated group outcomes. Interestingly, attitudes towards diversity buffered against increasing levels of diversity and not so much against the presence of faultlines.

Key Words: anticipated outcomes • attitudes • diversity • workgroups

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol. 12, No. 2, 257-280 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1368430208101347
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