Diversity and social capital within the workplace: evidence from Britain

Breda, Thomas and Manning, Alan ORCID: 0000-0002-7884-3580 (2024) Diversity and social capital within the workplace: evidence from Britain. Industrial Relations: a Journal of Economy and Society. ISSN 0019-8676

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Abstract

This article uses the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey to investigate the links between gender or ethnic diversity and workers' level of trust in managers or the extent of identity with the values and objectives of the firm – dimensions of what we might call social capital within the workplace. These are both factors that one might expect to make firms more cooperative and, hence, productive. Controlling for plants workforce composition, we find an opposite effect of females and ethnic minorities: a higher female share in the plant is associated with higher trust and identity for both men and women (men much more than women), while a higher minority share is associated with lower trust and identity.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 Regents of the University of California (RUC)
Divisions:	Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification:	M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting > M5 - Personnel Economics > M50 - General
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2024 11:36
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2025 10:54
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126089

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