LibGuides: PSY-6414 v5: Week 5 Resources

Week 5 Required Resources

Textbook

Your course textbook can be accessed via the Redshelf link in the Getting Started module.

Levi, D & Askay, D.A. (2021). Group dynamics for teams (6th ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc.

Read Chapters 13. This chapter discusses how diversity and inclusion are crucial for organizations that are driven by changing workforce demographics and an emphasis on teamwork. Diversity encompasses not only demographic differences but also psychological and organizational distinctions among individuals, impacting team dynamics along dimensions of variety, separation, and disparity. Effectively managed diversity, supported by programs like diversity training and inclusive leadership, can counter biases and discrimination, and enhance team performance by leveraging deep-level diversity and fostering inclusive climates.

Articles

Unraveling the Effects of Cultural Diversity in Teams: A Retrospective of Research on Multicultural Work Groups and an Agenda for Future Research
Stahl, G. K., & Maznevski, M. L. (2021). Unraveling the effects of cultural diversity in teams: A retrospective of research on multicultural work groups and an agenda for future research. Journal of International Business Studies, 52, 4-22.
This article discusses progress made in research on culturally diverse teams over the last decade, highlighting remaining gaps and questions, and future research.
Diverse Effects of Team Diversity: A Review and Framework of Surface and Deep-level Diversity
Jansen, A. E., & Searle, B. J. (2021). Diverse effects of team diversity: A review and framework of surface and deep-level diversity. Personnel Review, 50(9), 1838-1853.
While the ideal team composition is still unclear, this article highlights the need to look at the effect of surface and deep-level differences simultaneously, over multiple time points, and across multiple levels, and along with important contextual moderators, to examine changes in the strength of both types of team diversity on a range of outcomes.
Synergy from Diversity: Managing Team Diversity to Enhance Performance
Van Knippenberg, D., Nishii, L. H., & Dwertmann, D. J. (2020). Synergy from diversity: Managing team diversity to enhance performance. Behavioral Science & Policy, 6(1), 75-92.
This article discusses the business case for diversity highlighting the benefits of multiple perspectives in improving decision-making, problem-solving, creativity, and innovation. While current diversity management practices often focus on preventing negative effects, such as discrimination, strategies that encourage the integration of diverse information and perspectives, when deployed alongside other diversity management practices, are more likely to enhance team performance.
Building the Virtual Team: Communication Across Cultural Diversity
Big World Media (Producer), & Toll, E. (Director). (2005). Building the Virtual Team: Communication Across Cultural Diversity [Video/DVD] Big World Media. https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/building-the-virtual-team-communication-across-cultural-diversity
This instructional video discusses how to best communicate within a virtual team that is culturally diverse.