
Demographic Differences in Organizations
Current Research and Future Directions
Lexington Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 1999
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7391-0056-1 (ISBN)
Description
Although diversity is the current buzzword in management theory, we still have only a slight understanding of how demographic differences within organizations influence individuals' attitudes and behavior toward each other and the organization as a whole. Demographic Differences in Organizations fills this void. Meticulously researched and authored by two respected scholars-one working in this country, the other in Hong Kong-this book addresses the problems and benefits associated with an increasingly diverse global workforce. Unlike most other researchers in the field, Anne Tsui and Barbara Gutek are interested in the effects of demographic diversity on all members of an organization, not just minority or newly arrived groups. This broad-based, highly readable study should be read by managers, academics in business management and social psychology, and students of business at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Reviews / Votes
The authors provide significant insights on the impact of diversity on both majority and minority group members. . . . This well-researched treatise is recommended for upper-divisino undergraduate through professional collections. -- T. Gutteridge, University of Connecticut * Choice Reviews * I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in organizational inequality. Its broad theoretical lens will help readers to see the similarity and the distinction between different bases of categorization and identification. -- Donald Tomaskovic-Devey * Work and Occupations *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-0056-1 (9780739100561)
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Persons
Anne S. Tsui is Head of the Department of Management and Organizations at the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is the editor of the Academy of Management Journal.Barbara A. Gutek is Head of the Department of Management and Policy at the University of Arizona.
Content
Chapter 1 Defining the Problem
Chapter 2 Three Approaches to Demographic Analysis in Organizations
Chapter 3 Research on Demographic Diversity
Chapter 4 The Multiple Meaning of Demography
Chapter 5 Understanding Vertical and Horizontal Pairs from a Demographic Point of View
Chapter 6 Understanding Demographic Diversity in Groups
Chapter 7 Understanding Demographic Diversity in Organizations
Chapter 8 Demographic Diversity in the International Arena: The Chinese Case
Chapter 9 An Integrative Framework of Demographic Diversity in Organizations
Chapter 10 Managing Demographic Diversity
Chapter 11 Directions for Future Research
Chapter 12 Conclusion
Chapter 2 Three Approaches to Demographic Analysis in Organizations
Chapter 3 Research on Demographic Diversity
Chapter 4 The Multiple Meaning of Demography
Chapter 5 Understanding Vertical and Horizontal Pairs from a Demographic Point of View
Chapter 6 Understanding Demographic Diversity in Groups
Chapter 7 Understanding Demographic Diversity in Organizations
Chapter 8 Demographic Diversity in the International Arena: The Chinese Case
Chapter 9 An Integrative Framework of Demographic Diversity in Organizations
Chapter 10 Managing Demographic Diversity
Chapter 11 Directions for Future Research
Chapter 12 Conclusion