Abstract
Drawing from social categorization theory, we found that greater demographic
heterogeneity led to group norms emphasizing lower cooperation among
student teams and officers from ten business units of a financial
services firm. This effect faded over time. Perceptions of team norms
among those more demographically different from their work group
changed more, becoming more cooperative, as a function of contact
with other members. Finally, cooperative norms mediated the relationship
between group composition and work outcomes. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR
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(Copyright applies to all Abstracts) Drawing from social categorization
theory, we found that greater demographic heterogeneity led to group
norms emphasizing lower cooperation among student teams and officers
from ten business units of a financial services firm. This effect
faded over time. Perceptions of team norms among those more demographically
different from their work group changed more, becoming more cooperative,
as a function of contact with other members. Finally, cooperative
norms mediated the relationship between group composition and work
outcomes. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of Academy of Management
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