Demographic Diversity as Network Connections: Homophily and the Diversity-Performance Debate
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Reagans, Ray Eugene
Date Issued
December 2012
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Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work
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Oxford University Press
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Reagans, Ray. "Demographic Diversity as Network Connections: Homophily and the Diversity-Performance Debate." Chapter 11 in: "The Oxford Handbook of Diversity and Work." Edited by Quinetta M. Roberson, London: Oxford University Press, 2013. (Oxford Library of Psychology)
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Abstract
Research documenting the influence of demopraphic diversity on informal social networks is reviewed and critiqued. I focus in particular on research describing the importance of demographic diversity in the development of strong interpersonal relationships. I also consider the importance of network connections between team members and with colleagues outside the team in mediating the association between demographic diversity and team performance.
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Sloan School of Management
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http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Psychology/IndustrialOrganizationalPsycholo/?view=usa&sf=toc&ci=9780199736355
