Finding value in diversity
Subtitle: verification of personal and social self-views in diverse groups
By: William B. Swann, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Daniel Conor Seyle, Sei Jin Ko
Contributors: Ko, Sei Jin; Harvard Business School. Division of Research; Seyle, Daniel Conor; Polzer, Jeffrey T.
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 03-055; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 03-055
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Description: A model of group processes is proposed that accords a key role to the verification of people�s self-views (thoughts and feeling about the self). This approach partially incorporates past work on self-categorization (under the rubric of verification of social self-views) and introduces a set of processes (the verification of personal self-views) that is new to the groups literature. Recent conceptual and empirical analyses suggest that the verification of personal self-views represents a novel strategy for finding value in diversity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.