Asymmetric reactions to work group sex diversity among men and women

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Chatman, JA; O'Reilly, CA
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Stanford University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/20159572
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 193-208
• 关键词: relational demography; organizational commitment; GENDER; Heterogeneity; personality; performance; experiences; Similarity; difference; management

摘要

Attitudes among 178 professional men and women working for a clothing manufacturer and retailer depended on their work groups' sex composition. Findings were consistent with status considerations: women expressed a greater likelihood of leaving homogeneous groups than did men, even though women expressed greater commitment, positive affect, and perceptions of cooperation when they worked in all-female groups. These results suggest that similarity-attraction may be inadequate as the primary theoretical foundation for understanding how work group sex composition influences men and women.