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I don't believe there is any actual research about it. It doesn't even pass the smell test; why would a company of people who have a hard time relating to one a

I don't believe there is any actual research about it. It doesn't even pass the smell test; why would a company of people who have a hard time relating to one another and socially meshing perform better? If homogeneity in a country increases social trust and other positive factors (it does), why are we trying to create the opposite situation in a company?

troupe 5y ago
My guess is that is it possible to have great diversity of thought and experience while still having high social cohesion. During the height of immigration in the US, there was high social cohesion within communities of people who came from the same country while still having great diversity of ideas across the nation as a whole.
- esyir 5y ago
  My personal take on this is that it's the dark side of multiculturalism. The loss of the melting pot as a cultural meme was probably a sign of this. Social cohesion depends on a set of shared values. The "melting pot", for it's issues, provided the shared national myth to align and unify the disparate cultures. Take that away, and you get the natural result of multiple cultures with drastically different moral codes, and no core to form around.
  - troupe 5y ago
    Interesting point on drastically different moral codes. I'm curious if, during the height of immigration to the US, the "melting pot" tended to consist of people immigrating from areas with mostly similar moral codes. It appears that many immigrants retained much of their culture while still integrating in ways that let different cultures work together, but maybe that is because the moral foundation was similar enough to allow cohesion as a whole while retaining some sense of cultural identity.
pmarreck 5y ago
> If homogeneity in a country increases social trust and other positive factors (it does) Strong claim requires strong evidence, please.
foo_barrio 5y ago
Why would a company choose to do anything that didn't directly make money or cut cost? Companies often have to be compelled to do things where the ROI is measured in decades no?

troupe 5y ago

My guess is that is it possible to have great diversity of thought and experience while still having high social cohesion. During the height of immigration in the US, there was high social cohesion within communities of people who came from the same country while still having great diversity of ideas across the nation as a whole.

esyir 5y ago
My personal take on this is that it's the dark side of multiculturalism. The loss of the melting pot as a cultural meme was probably a sign of this. Social cohesion depends on a set of shared values. The "melting pot", for it's issues, provided the shared national myth to align and unify the disparate cultures. Take that away, and you get the natural result of multiple cultures with drastically different moral codes, and no core to form around.
- troupe 5y ago
  Interesting point on drastically different moral codes. I'm curious if, during the height of immigration to the US, the "melting pot" tended to consist of people immigrating from areas with mostly similar moral codes. It appears that many immigrants retained much of their culture while still integrating in ways that let different cultures work together, but maybe that is because the moral foundation was similar enough to allow cohesion as a whole while retaining some sense of cultural identity.

pmarreck 5y ago

> If homogeneity in a country increases social trust and other positive factors (it does) Strong claim requires strong evidence, please.

foo_barrio 5y ago

Why would a company choose to do anything that didn't directly make money or cut cost? Companies often have to be compelled to do things where the ROI is measured in decades no?