Author Question: Over the long run a more diverse work group is more effective Indicate whether this statement is ... (Read 34 times)

urbanoutfitters · **on:** Aug 8, 2018

Over the long run a more diverse work group is more effective

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

Discuss the Whites' perception of race as a zero-sum game as identified by behavioral economists Michael Norton and Samuel Sommers.

What will be an ideal response?

poopface · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

Behavioral economists Michael Norton and Samuel Sommers found that Whites view race as a zero-sum gamethat is, decreases in bias against African Americans over the last 60 years are associated with increases in what they perceive as bias against Whites. While still seeing anti-Black bias as greater today than anti-White feeling in society, their analysis shows that, in the minds of the White respondents, the two biases are coming closer together. Black respondents also saw a marked decline in anti-Black bias during the same period but perceived only a modest increase in anti-White feelings. While Norton and Sommers's research deals only with perception of reality, it does suggest that race, and not just that of non-Whites, influences one's perception of society.