diversity and equality management
high performance work system
labor productivity
workforce innovation
voluntary turnover
firm-level performance
HUMAN-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE
CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
MANAGING DIVERSITY
TEAM
TURNOVER
LIFE
ORGANIZATIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
This article demonstrates that a diversity and equality management system (DEMS) contributes to firm performance beyond the effects of a traditional high-performance work system (HPWS), which consists of bundles of work practices and policies used extensively in high-performing firms A DEMS typically includes diversity training and monitoring recruitment, pay, and promotion across minority or other disadvantaged groups Our analysis of quantitative data from service and manufacturing organizations in Ireland confirms that HPWS practices are associated with positive business performance and finds specifically that DEMS practices are positively associated with higher labor productivity and workforce innovation and lower voluntary employee turnover (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc