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Based on theoretical considerations, this article investigates the socio-cultural mechanisms through which diversified firms are effectively managed without loss of control. Empirical results from extensive questionnaire surveys in Korea and the U.S. show that socio-cultural mechanisms such as...
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This paper reports about a field experiment conducted to estimate the impact of the share of women in business teams on their performance. Teams consisting of undergraduate students in business studies start up a venture as part of their curriculum. We manipulated the gender composition of teams...
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Die Forschung zur Auswirkung von funktionaler Team Diversity auf Teamleistung hat bisher gemischte Ergebnisse gebracht …Research on the relationship between functional diversity and team performance has produced mixed findings. The present … study is designed to investigate possible curvilinear relationships between functional team diversity, trust, elaboration …
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The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using the WERS2004 linked employer-employee data and alternative econometric estimators it reports an inverse relationship between workplace union density and gender diversity. Gender...
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Mit steigendem Wohlstand gewinnt das Gesundheitswesen an Bedeutung. Gesundheit, Schönheit und Wohlbefinden stellen in unserer Gesellschaft ein hohes Gut dar, welches von Menschen wertgeschätzt wird. Dazu zählen auch gesunde und schöne Zähne als Ausdruck individueller Attraktivität. Die...
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Warum und wie Diversity Management Eingang in deutsche Organisationen fand, wird vor dem theoretischen Hintergrund des organisationssoziologischen Neoinstitutionalismus analysiert. Dazu werden qualitative Interviews mit Diversity-Beauftragten mittels einer wissenssoziologischen Diskursanalyse...
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The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and economic challenge. Based on evidence presented in Kahanec and Zimmermann (2011), this policy paper proposes an agenda for diversity and minority integration in the European labor...
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Der Beitrag von Sabine Lederle untersucht die Einführung des Diversity Managements in deutschen Organisationen. Lederle sieht in der ökonomischen Begründung, wonach personelle Diversität eine produktive, wettbewerbsrelevante Ressource darstellen kann, das prominenteste Argument für die...
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