Biased Perceptions of Racially Diverse Teams and Their Consequences for Resource Support
通过三个实验发现,观察者对种族多元化团队存在偏见,认为其关系冲突更多,因此不愿分配额外资源,这对组织中的多元化团队管理有启示。
We examine whether observers hold biases that can negatively affect how racially diverse teams are evaluated, and ultimately treated, relative to racially homogeneous groups. In three experiments, which held the actual content of observed behavior constant across diverse and homogeneous teams, observers were less willing to allocate additional resources to diverse teams. Through applying both statistical mediation (Studies 1 and 2) and moderation-of-process methods (Study 3), our findings supported the expectation that biased perceptions of relationship conflict accounted for this reduced support of diverse teams. Implications for diverse teams in organizations are discussed.