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Title and Article Reference

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Aim / Purpose of article

Stated purpose of article

Sample, location, method of data collection and analysis

Method, if a research article

Approach if other type

Findings/Interpretations reported in the article

Summary of findings if research article

Summary of conclusions or interpretations if other type

Significance/contribution of the article in relation to your other articles and your topic

Significance/ contribution to the topic at hand or relationship to other articles on the topic (this may be an article that adds to a theme repeated in several articles or it may be a ‘seminal’ article that started a theme for further research).

Strengths of the article

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Weaknesses of the article

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Quotes from the article that you plan to use in your assignment

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Title and reference of article

Pelled, L. H., Eisenhardt, K. M. and Xin, K. R. (1999) Exploring the black box: an analysis of work group diversity, conflict, and performance, Administrative Science Quarterly, 44, 1, p.p.1 - 13.

Aim/purpose of article

To investigate the relationship between work group diversity and performance by developing and testing a process model/theory.

Sample, location, method of data collection and analysis

Sample - 45 teams from three major corporations in USA. Each team averaged ten members. Surveys produced data on diversity, conflict, task and performance. Analysis - Statistical (quantitative).

Findings/Interpretations reported in the article

The suggestion that diversity in groups increases conflict which influences group performance is found to be more complex depending on the type of diversity and conflict. Diversity variables that drive task conflict differ from those that drive emotional conflict. Task conflict has more positive performance consequences than emotional conflict. However there was no evidence that emotional conflict impaired performance. Overall, diversity of race, tenure, and age influenced emotional conflict but this did not affect performance.

Significance/contribution of the article in relation to your other articles and your topic

The findings differ from the common view that diversity in groups affect group performance and that emotional conflict has a negative effect on performance.

Strengths of article

Well researched with strong background in the literature and exploration of prior research.

Weaknesses of article

North American sample may contain biases not found in other countries.

Quotes from the article that you plan to use in your assignment

“The term demographic diversity refers to the degree to which a unit (e.g., a work group or organization) is heterogeneous with respect to demographic attributes” (Pelled and Eisenhardt, 1999, p.1)

Quotes from the article that you plan to use in your assignment

“While any type of diversity may trigger task conflict, some are more likely to do so than others, based on the relevance of their corresponding belief structures” (Pelled and Eisenhardt, 1999, p.2).

Quotes from the article that you plan to use in your assignment

“While task conflict is largely shaped by the job-relatedness of diversity, emotional conflict is shaped by a more complex set of forces. One key factor is categorization, the subconscious tendency of individuals to sort each other into social categories, often on the basis of demographic attributes” (Pelled and Eisenhardt, 1999, p.4).