Why Does Workplace Gender Diversity Matter? Justice, Organizational Benefits, and Policy

IF 7.2 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Issues and Policy Review Pub Date : 2019-12-12 DOI:10.1111/sipr.12064

C. Fine, V. Sojo, H. Lawford-Smith

引用次数: 63

Abstract

Why does workplace gender diversity matter? Here, we provide a review of the literature on both justice‐based and organizational benefits of workplace gender diversity that, importantly, is informed by evidence regarding sex differences and their relationship with vocational behavior and outcomes. This review indicates that the sexes are neither distinctly different, nor so similar as to be fungible. Justice‐based gains of workplace gender diversity include that it may cause less sex discrimination and may combat androcentrism in products and services. We then consider potential instrumental benefits of workplace gender diversity to organizations, including for team and firm performance, innovation, occupational well‐being, and corporate governance. The evidence of positive association is currently strongest for occupational well‐being and governance. We recommend that policy makers ground gender diversity initiatives in this comprehensive and evidence‐based understanding of the benefits of workplace gender diversity.

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为什么工作场所的性别多样性很重要？正义、组织利益和政策

为什么工作场所的性别多样性很重要？在这里，我们回顾了关于工作场所性别多样性的基于正义和组织利益的文献，重要的是，这些文献是由性别差异及其与职业行为和结果的关系的证据提供的。这篇综述表明，性别既没有明显的不同，也没有相似到可以替代的程度。工作场所性别多样性基于正义的好处包括，它可以减少性别歧视，并可以在产品和服务中打击男性中心主义。然后，我们考虑了工作场所性别多样性对组织的潜在工具性好处，包括对团队和公司绩效、创新、职业健康和公司治理的好处。目前，正相关的证据对职业健康和治理最为有力。我们建议政策制定者将性别多样性举措建立在对工作场所性别多样性好处的全面和基于证据的理解之上。

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Social Issues and Policy Review Multiple-

CiteScore

22.20

自引率

1.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： The mission of Social Issues and Policy Review (SIPR) is to provide state of the art and timely theoretical and empirical reviews of topics and programs of research that are directly relevant to understanding and addressing social issues and public policy.Papers will be accessible and relevant to a broad audience and will normally be based on a program of research. Works in SIPR will represent perspectives directly relevant to the psychological study of social issues and public policy. Contributions are expected to be review papers that present a strong scholarly foundation and consider how research and theory can inform social issues and policy or articulate the implication of social issues and public policy for theory and research.