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- Title
Group composition and employee creative behaviour in a Korean electronics company: Distinct effects of relational demography and group diversity.
- Authors
Choi, Jin Nam
- Abstract
Work group composition is one of the key variables that influence individual behaviour in a group setting. This study investigates the effect of individual-level dissimilarities (relational demography) as well as group-level membership heterogeneity (group diversity) on creative behaviour of individual employees. Multi-level analyses of data from 188 work units of a Korean electronics company showed that relational demography in terms of gender and hierarchical status and group diversity in hierarchical status and performance level were negatively related to employee creative behaviour. In contrast, relational demography in terms of age and performance level and group diversity in functional background increased creative behaviour. The results indicate that demographic composition variables have different individual- and cross-level effects on individual employees' creative behaviour. This study demonstrates the need for a multi-level approach to the study of organizational demography.
- Subjects
TEAMS in the workplace; CREATIVE ability in business; DIVERSITY in the workplace; WORK environment; EMPLOYEE competitive behavior; DEMOGRAPHY -- Social aspects; HIERARCHY of effects model (Communication)
- Publication
Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, 2007, Vol 80, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
0963-1798
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1348/096317906X110250