Collaborative Research: Workforce Diversity and Corporate Performance

SES-1023279PI：Frank R.Dobbin机构：哈佛大学SES-1023591PI：Alexandra KalevInstitution：亚利桑那大学研究人员研究了公司多样性如何影响跨时间、职业和行业的业绩。一些研究表明，工作场所的多样性会导致冲突并抑制公司绩效，而另一些研究则表明，人口多样性可以改善创造力、创新、工作团队绩效和网络联系。研究人员假设，冲突的任何负面影响都会随着时间的推移而消散，留下工作场所多样性的积极影响。合并了两个关于公司的数据集：涵盖美国上市公司的Compustat财务数据集，以及联邦授权的EEO1报告，详细说明了美国工作场所员工的性别、种族和民族细分。这两个数据来源从1971年到2010年合并了符合EEO1报告要求的3000家上市公司的样本。由此产生的数据集提供了大约3.3万个公司的年度观察，跨越了40年。更广泛的影响：随着美国人口和劳动力变得更加多样化，以及来自亚洲、拉丁美洲、加勒比和非洲的移民的增长，这项研究将深入了解多样性如何有助于提高生产率，以及它在哪里和为什么会带来问题。

SES-1023279PI: Frank R. DobbinInstitution: Harvard UniversitySES-1023591PI: Alexandra KalevInstitution: University of ArizonaThe investigators examine how corporate diversity influences performance across time, occupations, and industries. Some studies suggest that diversity in the workplace will lead to conflict and suppress corporate performance while other studies suggest that demographic diversity can improve creativity, innovation, work group performance, and network connections. The researchers hypothesize that any negative effects of conflict will dissipate with time, leaving the positive effects of workplace diversity. Two datasets on corporations are combined: the Compustat financial dataset covering publicly traded companies in the U.S., and the federally mandated EEO1 reports, detailing the gender, race, and ethnic breakdown of workers in U.S. workplaces. A sample of 3000 publicly traded companies that meet the EEO1 reporting requirements are merged for the years 1971 to 2010 from the two data sources. The resulting dataset provides some 33,000 company-by-year observations, spanning four decades. Broader Impacts:As the U.S. population and workforce become more diverse, with the growth of immigrants from Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, this research will provide insight into how diversity contributes to productivity, and where and why it poses problems.