Demographic Diversity and Faultlines: The Compositional DYnamics of Organizational Groups
回顾了组织群体多样性的已有研究，并引入“断层线”这一新变量，它取决于成员特征的组合方式。通过分析断层线，可以揭示群体成员特征的潜在模式，这些模式在任务与断层线相关时可能成为子群体冲突的重要决定因素。文章还讨论了断层线在群体发展早期到晚期的动态变化，并指出当成员特征多样性适中时，断层线可能最强且最易出现。
In this article we address issues of diversity within organizational groups by discussing and summarizing previous approaches and by introducing a new variable—faultlines—which depends on the alignment of individual member characteristics. By analyzing a group's faultlines, we focus attention on the underlying patterns of group member characteristics, which can be an important determinant of subgroup conflict, particularly when the group's task is related to one of its faultlines. We discuss the dynamics of faultlines from the early to later stages of a group's development and show how they may be strongest and most likely when diversity of individual member characteristics is moderate.