title: Managing diversity in hospitals.
abstract: Hospital work force diversity, although potentially a source of creativity and improved problem solving, is often a source of political strife and the mistreatment of people based on their identification with one or another of the diverse groups that are employed in hospitals. Factors linked to these phenomena are discussed and are the basis for suggestions about how administrators can deal with the organizational pathologies that are often associated with unmanaged work force diversity.
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, University of Toledo.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans; D005006:Ethnicity; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations