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The Role of Attitudes in Reactions Toward Diversity in Workgroups 1
Author(s) -
NAKUI TOSHIHIKO,
PAULUS PAUL B.,
VAN DER ZEE KAREN I.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00818.x
Subject(s) - psychology , diversity (politics) , moderation , brainstorming , social psychology , prejudice (legal term) , scale (ratio) , consistency (knowledge bases) , internal consistency , task (project management) , quality (philosophy) , developmental psychology , sociology , psychometrics , management , epistemology , philosophy , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , anthropology , computer science , economics
The present study examined attitudes toward diversity as a moderator of outcomes of diversity in workgroups. Two studies were conducted that focused on the development of the Attitudes Toward Diverse Workgroups Scale (ADWS) and on the impact of diversity attitudes on task performance and psychological reactions in actual face‐to‐face diverse brainstorming groups. The first study supported the internal consistency and stability of the ADWS and revealed that it was related, in the predicted way, to the Big Five and general prejudice. The second study revealed that high scores on the productive and affective dimensions of the ADWS enhanced brainstorming performance (quality of ideas) in actual diverse groups and positive psychological reactions to the group experiences, respectively.