TY  - CHAP
AB  - In this chapter, we review relational demography literature underpinned by the similarity–attraction paradigm and status characteristics and social identity theories. We then develop an uncertainty reduction model of relational demography, which describes a two-stage process of uncertainty emergence and reduction in a workgroup setting. The first stage depicts how structural features of the workgroup (workgroup composition) and occupation (the legitimacy of its status hierarchy) induce two forms of uncertainty: uncertainty about group norms and uncertainty about instrumental outcomes. The second part of the model illustrates employees' choice of uncertainty reduction strategies, depending on the type of uncertainty they experience, and the status of their demographic categories. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
VL  - 30
SN  - 978-0-85724-554-0, 978-0-85724-553-3/0742-7301
DO  - 10.1108/S0742-7301(2011)0000030007
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0742-7301(2011)0000030007
AU  - Chattopadhyay Prithviraj
AU  - George Elizabeth
AU  - Kaman Ng Carmen
ED  - Aparna Joshi
ED  - Hui Liao
ED  - Joseph J. Martocchio
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - An Uncertainty Reduction Model of Relational Demography
T2  - Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
T3  - Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 219
EP  - 251
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -