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A Multi-Level Process Model for Understanding Diversity Practice Effectiveness

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Nishii, Lisa H., Khattab, Jasmien, Shemla, Meir, Paluch, Rebecca M.·2018·Academy of Management Annals

Abstract

A significant amount of research has been conducted on diversity “best practices” to understand whether they help reduce discrimination, increase managerial diversity, and enhance performance. Regardless, which diversity practices should be used, how they should be implemented, for what purpose, and to what effect remains unclear because of issues related to inconsistencies across outcomes studied within and between diversity practices as well as a lack of integration of micro research and macro research. In this review, we focus on these issues to make sense of the array of research conducted since the turn of the century. We first synthesize key research findings from sociological, firm-level research on diversity management practices with research conducted within the psychological tradition using experimental and within-organizational research designs. The results of our review provide the basis for a multilevel process model through which research findings can more easily be interpreted to uncover when and how diversity practices produce desirable results. We discuss how considering the interplay across levels of analysis is critical for enriching our theoretical understanding of the mediating and moderating mechanisms that link the distal constructs of diversity practices and organizational outcomes. We conclude with implications for future research that emerged from an analysis of the literature through our multilevel process model.

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Authors
Nishii, L. H., Khattab, J., Shemla, M., & Paluch, R. M.
Affiliations
  • Cornell University (US)
  • University of Virginia (US)
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Venue
Academy of Management Annals
Published
2018-01
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
37-82
ISSN
  • 1941-6067 (ISSN-L)
  • 1941-6520
OpenAlex
W2748611186
Cited by
233
References
185
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 5
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18.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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other-oa
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  • Academy of Management Annals (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
Keywords
diversity management practices, organizational diversity, managerial diversity, discrimination reduction, organizational performance

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