1、Gender1 diversity in the workplace helps firms be more productive, according to a new study co-authored by an MIT researcher - but it may also reduce satisfaction among employees. "Having a more diverse set of employees means you have a more diverse set of skills," says Sara Ellison, an MI

2、T economist2, which "could result in an office that functions better."At the same time, individual employees may prefer less diverse settings. The study, analyzing3 a large white-collar U.S. firm, examined how much "social capital" offices build up in the form of things like coop

3、eration, trust, and enjoyment4 of the workplace."The more homogeneous offices have higher levels of social capital," Ellison observes. "But the interesting twist is that . higher levels of social capital are not important enough to cause those offices to perform better. The employees

4、might be happier, they might be more comfortable, and these might be cooperative places, but they seem to perform less well."More diversity, more revenue?The paper summarizing the study's results, "Diversity, Social Goods Provision, and Performance in the Firm," was recently publi

5、shed in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. The authors are Ellison, a senior lecturer in MIT's Department of Economics, and Wallace P. Mullin, an economist at George Washington University.The study used eight years of revenue data and survey results, covering 1995 to 2002, from a

6、professional-services firm with more than 60 offices in the United States and abroad. The data included some all-male and all-female offices - both of which are unusual, the researchers note - in addition to mixed-gender offices. The survey data allowed Ellison and Mullin to study the employees'

7、 ratings of office satisfaction, cooperation, and morale5, not just one generalized measure of workplace happiness.Among other results, the economists6 found that shifting from an all-male or allfemale office to one split evenly along gender lines could increase revenue by roughly 41 percent. To see

8、 how this could happen, Ellison suggests an analogy with a baseball team."A baseball team entirely7 composed of catchers could have high esprit de corps," Ellison says, noting that a band of catchers could share experiences, equipment, or tips for handling knuckleballs. "But it would

9、not perform very well on the field."詞匯表：1 gendern.（生理上的）性，（名詞、代詞等的）性參考例句：French differs from English in having gender for all nouns. 法語不同于英語，所有的名 詞都有性。Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender. 婦女有時 僅僅因?yàn)樾詣e而無法獲得種種機(jī)會。2 economistn .經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家，經(jīng)濟(jì)專家，節(jié)儉的人參考例句：He cast a profess

10、ional economist's eyes on the problem. 他以經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)行家的眼光審視 這個問題。He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers. 他是個經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家，自以為什 么都懂。3 analyzingv.分析；分析（analyze的現(xiàn)在分詞）；分解；解釋；對進(jìn)行心理分析n.分析參考例句：Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s.分析某些社會主義國家的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)，暴露出的問題甚至更大。 來

11、自辭典例句He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions.當(dāng)然，他對其預(yù)測所作的分析倒也八九不離十。 來自辭典例句4 enjoymentn.樂趣；享有；享用參考例句:有您的陪同，我們這次訪問更加愉Your compa ny adds to the enjo yme nt of our visit.快了。After each joke the old man cackled his enjo yme nt.每逢講完一個笑話，這老人就呵呵笑著表示他的高興。5 moralen.道德準(zhǔn)則，士氣，斗志參考例句：Th

12、e morale of the en emy troops is sinking lower every day.敵軍的士氣日益低落。He tried to bolster up their morale.他盡力鼓舞他們的士氣。6 econo mistsn.經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家，經(jīng)濟(jì)專家（econo mist的名詞復(fù)數(shù)）參考例句：The sudde n rise in share prices has confoun ded econo mists.股價的突然上漲使經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家大惑不解。Foreig n ban kers and econo mists cautiously welcomed the mi nister's in itiative.夕卜國令艮行家和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家對部長的倡議反應(yīng)謹(jǐn)慎。來自簡明英漢詞典7