Workgroup Climates for Acceptance of Diversity. Relationship to Group Cohesiveness and Performance.

Abstract

The present study investigated the relationships between discriminatory climates (racism and sexism), group cohesiveness, and group performance. Perceived racism and sexism correlated significantly with group cohesiveness and performance. Similar to previous findings, cohesiveness was also significantly correlated with group performance. Discussion focused on managing diversity in work groups and on future research into discriminatory climates and cohesiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA293823

Entities

People

  • Mickey R. Dansby
  • Robert E. Niebuhr
  • Stephen B. Knouse

Organizations

  • Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Demography
  • Discrimination
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Group Dynamics
  • Human Behavior
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Prejudice
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Social Psychology
  • State Governments

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.