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Faultline Theory

Faultline Theory is a theoretical framework in organizational behavior that explains how teams may split into subgroups based on a combination of multiple individual attributes—such as demographics, values, or expertise—when these attributes align in a way that reinforces social categorization within team composition.

104

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11.1K

Citations

219

Authors

135

Institutions

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2017–2026

42

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Publications

104

Demographic Diversity and Faultlines: The Compositional DYnamics of Organizational Groups

Dora C. Lau, J. Keith Murnighan · Academy of Management Review · 1998 · 1.7K citations

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Interactions Within Groups and Subgroups: The Effects of Demographic Faultlines

Dora C. Lau, J. Keith Murnighan · Academy of Management Journal · 2005 · 827 citations

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Factional Groups: A New Vantage on Demographic Faultlines, Conflict, and Disintegration in Work Teams

Jiatao Li, Donald C. Hambrick · Academy of Management Journal · 2005 · 790 citations

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Demographic Diversity and Faultlines: The Compositional Dynamics of Organizational Groups

Dora C. Lau · Academy of Management Review · 1998 · 727 citations

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Do Workgroup Faultlines Help or Hurt? A Moderated Model of Faultlines, Team Identification, and Group Performance

Katerina Bezrukova, Karen A. Jehn, Elaine Zanutto et al. · Organization Science · 2008 · 468 citations

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Authors

219

  1. KA
    Karen A. Jehn

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

    10

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  2. SM
    Sherry M. B. Thatcher

    University of South Carolina, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

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  3. KB
    Katerina Bezrukova

    Santa Clara University, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    8

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  4. BM
    Bertolt Meyer

    Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

    5 publications · 380 citations

    6

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  5. XL
    Xinmei Liu

    Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

    4 publications · 110 citations

    4

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1–5 of 219

Institutions

135

  1. Santa Clara University

    Santa Clara, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, China

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    348 citations

  3. Chemnitz University of Technology

    Chemnitz, Germany

    5 h-index

    4 publications

    289 citations

  4. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    398 citations

  5. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    3 publications

    271 citations

  6. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    398 citations

  7. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    155 citations

  8. Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    366 citations

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Venues

  1. Small Group Research

    SGR · 6 publications · 293 citations

    7

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  2. Journal of Applied Psychology

    5 publications · 649 citations

    5

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  3. Academy of Management Journal

    AMJ · 5 publications · 2.3K citations

    5

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  4. Journal of Management Studies

    4 publications · 260 citations

    4

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  5. Academy of Management Review

    AMR · 4 publications · 2.8K citations

    4

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