Measuring Gender Composition in Work Groups: A Comparison of Existing Methods
比较了测量工作组性别构成的不同方法,发现现有做法存在理论偏差,建议组内分析用女性比例,个体分析则需考虑性别与构成的交互效应。
Reviewing research on diversity and relational demography in teams and work groups, the authors compare different ways of measuring gender composition and demonstrate that existing practice can be theoretically biased. The authors conclude that within group-level analyses, the proportion of women should be used; whereas within individual-level analyses, the appropriate approach depends on whether a gender-by-gender composition interaction effect is found. The generalizability of this approach to other types of diversity is also discussed.