TY - JOUR
T1 - Location-level links between diversity and innovative climate depend on national power distance
AU - Van Der Vegt, Gerben S.
AU - Van Vliert, Evert D.E.
AU - Huang, Xu
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.5465/amj.2005.19573116
DO - 10.5465/amj.2005.19573116
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:32644462556
SN - 0001-4273
VL - 48
SP - 1171
EP - 1182
JO - Academy of Management Journal
JF - Academy of Management Journal
IS - 6
ER -