TY - JOUR
T1 - Well-being in the context of workplace ethnic diversity
AU - Enchautegui-De-Jesús, Noemí
AU - Hughes, Diane
AU - Johnston, Kristen E.
AU - Oh, Hyun Joo
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - This research examined the relation between the effects of workplace diversity (defined as the proportion of coworkers of same ethnicity as the respondent) and psychosomatic complaints, psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and job satisfaction. A sample of 648 African American and Latino workers was surveyed in Chicago and New York City. A nonlinear (inverted U-shaped) relationship between co-ethnicity and the outcomes was found, such that poorer psychological functioning was observed among workers with a very small or a very high proportion of co-ethnic coworkers. The importance of disentangling the meaning of diversity in light of occupational segregation issues is discussed.
AB - This research examined the relation between the effects of workplace diversity (defined as the proportion of coworkers of same ethnicity as the respondent) and psychosomatic complaints, psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and job satisfaction. A sample of 648 African American and Latino workers was surveyed in Chicago and New York City. A nonlinear (inverted U-shaped) relationship between co-ethnicity and the outcomes was found, such that poorer psychological functioning was observed among workers with a very small or a very high proportion of co-ethnic coworkers. The importance of disentangling the meaning of diversity in light of occupational segregation issues is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1002/jcop.20091
DO - 10.1002/jcop.20091
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:33644778705
SN - 0090-4392
VL - 34
SP - 211
EP - 223
JO - Journal of Community Psychology
JF - Journal of Community Psychology
IS - 2
ER -