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> "I thought the latest meta studies showed that there was not a significant positive correlation between diversity and organizational/team performance?" Yes,
by userium 10y ago
> "I thought the latest meta studies showed that there was not a significant positive correlation between diversity and organizational/team performance?"
Yes, however diversity can create better performance when it comes to 'out of the ordinary' creative tasks, e.g. product development. There are benefits for innovation and getting fresh ideas. But there are different types of diversity that can generate various sorts of conflict, which affect how a team performs. The benefits of diversity don't occur overnight, but can improve performance if managed successfully. [1]
The studies you mentioned (Horwitz and Horwitz, 2007; Joshi and Roh, 2009) had mixed findings because they observed different aspects of diversity (e.g. age, gender, ethnicity, and demographic diversity) and analyzed the relationship between these and team outcomes.
[1] Jayne & Dipboye, 2004. Leveraging diversity to improve business performance.