Collaborative Research: Workforce Diversity and Corporate Performance

研究人员研究了企业多样性如何在不同的时间、职业和行业中影响绩效。一些研究表明，工作场所的多样性会导致冲突，抑制公司绩效，而其他研究表明，人口多样性可以提高创造力、创新能力、工作组绩效和网络连接。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。两个关于公司的数据集结合在一起：Compustat的金融数据集涵盖了美国上市公司，以及联邦政府授权的EEO1报告，详细介绍了美国工作场所工人的性别、种族和民族分类。从这两个数据源中合并了3000家符合eeo报告要求的上市公司样本，从1971年到2010年。由此产生的数据集提供了大约33,000家公司的年度观察结果，跨越了40年。更广泛的影响：随着来自亚洲、拉丁美洲、加勒比地区和非洲的移民的增长，美国人口和劳动力变得更加多样化，这项研究将深入了解多样性如何促进生产力，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.