According to Intervening Process Theory diversity characteri

According to Intervening Process Theory, diversity characteristics with high job relatedness and high visibility are likely to do which of the following?

a) Increase affective conflict

b) Increase substantive conflict

c) Decrease affective conflict

d) A and B only

e) None of the above

Solution

Option d

As per this theory the diversity variables can be divided as per the level of visibility and the level of job relatedness,. Where the visibility means to what extent a group member can easily observe a variable and job relatedness means how much the variable shapes the prospectives and skills.

The theory also States that there is indirect relationship between the level of visibility and the level of job relatedness and the amount of turnover and performance enhancement the variable yields.

The theory mentions two types of conflicts that are affective and substantive. These both conflicts affect the level of visibility and job relatedness directly which in turn affects the amount of turnover