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  1. Lead
    1. More background
    2. Discuss globalization & immigration
    3. Abstract of impacts on process, rather than just outcomes
  2. Types of Diversity
    1. Demographic
      1. Needs more citations
    2. Personality
      1. Add more content, background, and citations
      2. Introvert / extrovert
      3. Big 5 personality traits and impact
      4. Creative vs. Non-creatives
      5. Left brain / right brain
    3. Functional
      1. Languages
      2. Educational background
      3. Example: software development teams
      4. Misc.
  3. Theoretical Perspectives on Diversity
    1. Background from class material
      1. Flesh out from various papers
    2. Add citations
  4. Benefits & Costs
  5. Implications in the Workplace
  6. Implications in Education
  7. Conflicting theories
  8. References
    1. Add many references

Good sources:

  1. Van Knippenberg, D., & Schippers, M. C. (2007). Work group diversity.
  2. Hargadon, A. & Sutton, R. Technology brokering and innovation in a product development firm. (1997).
  3. Hollingshead, A. B., Wittenbaum, G. M., Paulus, P. B., et al. (2005). A look at groups from the functional perspective.
  4. Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Banker, B. S., Houlette, M., Johnson, K. M., & McGlynn, E. A. (2000). Reducing intergroup conflict
  5. http://www.jstor.org/stable/29730192?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents “Diversity in the Workplace”
  6. Iver, Douglas J. Mac. “Meeting the Needs of Young Adolescents: Advisory Groups, Interdisciplinary Teaching Teams, and School Transition Programs.” The Phi Delta Kappan, vol. 71, no. 6, 1990, pp. 458–464. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20404181.
  7. Rethinking multiculturalism: Cultural diversity and political theory http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/146879680100100112

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Edit: Different types of diversity include demographic, personality and functional diversity (see Team composition), and can have positive as well as negative effects on team outcomes. Diversity can impact performance, team member satisfaction or the innovative capacity of a team. According to the Input-Process-Output Model, team diversity is considered an input factor that has effects on the processes as well as on the team outputs of team work.

Add: Over the past decade, corporate firms have began to focus on unlocking the value of this diversity through many HR / recruiting programs. While the benefits of these programs remain contested, companies continue to use their resources to recruit a diverse set of employees, nonetheless.