A relational demography model of workgroup identification: testing the effects of race, race dissimilarity, racial identification, and communication behavior
研究检验了工作群体形成初期，种族相异度通过沟通行为影响群体认同的关系人口学模型，发现白人群体的种族认同调节了相异度与沟通行为的关系，而黑人群体中模型支持有限。
Abstract This study tested a relational demography model of workgroup identification. We theorized that early in workgroup formation, (a) racial identification would moderate the influence of racial dissimilarity on member communication behavior (frequency and length of verbal participation) during a group task, (b) member communication behaviors would mediate the effect of racial dissimilarity on workgroup identification, and that (c) these effects would be affected non‐symmetrically by racial group membership (White, Black). This model was tested among a sample of 211 undergraduates (113 White and 98 Black), working in 43 temporary workgroups. Whites' racial identification moderated the relationship between racial dissimilarity and member communication behaviors, which in turn partially mediated the effect of racial dissimilarity on workgroup identification, generally consistent with our model. Among Black workgroup members support for our model was limited. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.