Racial diversity, is it a blessing to an organization? Examining its organizational consequences in municipal police departments
By: HUR, Yongbeom
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ArticlePublisher: Los Angeles : IIAS, March 2013Subject(s): Gestão de Pessoas | Serviço Público | Defesa Nacional | Diversidade | Etnia | Mão de obra | RaçaInternational Review of Administrative Sciences 79, 1, p. 149-164Abstract: The present study, with a focus on ethnic and racial diversity, tested an implicit assumption of diversity studies that diversified workforces perform better and bring more benefits to organizations. Using data from 464 police departments of cities with more than 50,000 residents, this study found decreased crime control performance and increased employee turnover as workforces became more diversified. According to the findings in this study, managers are advised to consider introducing diversity management practices to reduce negative results of being diverse while protecting and increasing the benefits derived from diversity to make diversified workforces help enhance organizational productivity
The present study, with a focus on ethnic and racial diversity, tested an implicit assumption of diversity studies that diversified workforces perform better and bring more benefits to organizations. Using data from 464 police departments of cities with more than 50,000 residents, this study found decreased crime control performance and increased employee turnover as workforces became more diversified. According to the findings in this study, managers are advised to consider introducing diversity management practices to reduce negative results of being diverse while protecting and increasing the benefits derived from diversity to make diversified workforces help enhance organizational productivity
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