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DESCRIPTION:\n\nMs. Masoomeh Kalantari\, a doctoral student at 91ºÚÁÏÍø Unive
 rsity in the area of Organizational Behaviour will be presenting her resea
 rch proposal entitled:\n\nIntersectional Homophily and Its Implications fo
 r Organization\n\n \n\nMonday\, October 21\, 2024 at 10:00am – 12:00pm\n\n
 Student Committee Chair: Professor Brian Rubineau and Professor John-Paul 
 Ferguson\n\nPlease note that the presentation will be conducted on Zoom.\n
 \n\nABSTRACT\n	This research introduces and empirically explores the concep
 t of intersectional homophily: the tendency for individuals to connect bas
 ed on multiple overlapping social identities they share. This concept is p
 roposed to fill a gap in studies of social networks and diversity in organ
 izations. Scholars tend only to infer\, rather than identify\, how individ
 uals' multiple identities influence their associations at work. While this
  approach poses no problem in contexts where single identities dominate\, 
 it becomes troublesome in large diverse organizations where individuals ma
 y connect with others based on combinations of intersecting identities\, s
 uch as gender\, race\, age\, and social class\, simultaneously. Social net
 work studies of organizations\n	examine people's associations but tend to f
 ocus on relationships through single identity lenses. Consequently\, they 
 neglect how multiple identities interact to shape social connections\, the
 reby affecting organizational outcomes.\n\nThis research addresses this co
 ncern through three interconnected chapters. The first chapter develops a 
 novel theory of intersectional homophily\, integrating insights from homop
 hily and intersectionality theories. This theoretical framework acknowledg
 es that individuals simultaneously belong to multiple salient social group
 s and aims to unravel how these multifaceted identities collectively shape
  network structures and organizational outcomes such as conflict.\n\nThe s
 econd chapter introduces an innovative intersectional homophily test desig
 ned to detect whether multidimensional similarity is intersectional\, usin
 g a single statistical test. This method uniquely accommodates both catego
 rical and continuous similarity dimensions simultaneously\, addressing a k
 ey limitation in current approaches. The test will be validated through si
 mulation studies before being applied to real-world data.\n\nThe third cha
 pter empirically investigates the relationship between intersectional homo
 phily and conflict in 56 New Jersey middle schools\, utilizing the new tes
 t to examine whether shared identities influence conflict behaviors. This 
 study aims to illuminate the consequences of multidimensional similarity o
 n organizational dynamics and contributes to the literature by offering bo
 th theoretical insights and practical tools for understanding complex soci
 al identities in organizations.\n
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SUMMARY:PhD Research Proposal Presentation: Masoomeh Kalantari
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