Abstract
In this study, we examined the relationship between the demographic diversity and innovative climates of 248 organizational locations of a multinational company in 24 countries. Supporting a status characteristics perspective, multilevel analyses revealed that diversity in the more task-oriented demographic attributes of organizational tenure and functional background was negatively related to these locations' innovative climates in high-power-distance countries but positively related to the locations' innovative climate in low-power-distance countries. These interactive effects were not found for the more relations-oriented demographic attributes of age and gender.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1171-1182 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Academy of Management Journal |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2005 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Business and International Management
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation