Replication Data for: \"Diversity, Consensus, and Decision Making: Evidence from the US Courts of Appeals\"

In this article, we identify key theoretical perspectives from the literature in social and organizational psychology on diversity and workgroups and apply these concepts to an analysis of decision making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Using data from twelve circuits over two decades, we leverage the diversification of the federal appellate bench to investigate the nature of the relationship between changes to a court’s gender and racial composition and levels of consensus. The results suggest that the impact of a diversified court depends on the size of the court.

本文从社会与组织心理学领域关于多样性与工作群体的现有文献中提炼核心理论视角，并将这些理论应用于美国联邦上诉法院（U.S. Courts of Appeals）决策过程的分析。本研究依托二十年间十二个联邦上诉巡回区的数据集，借助联邦上诉法院司法队伍的多元化特征，探究法院性别与种族构成变化与决策共识水平之间的关联本质。研究结果表明，司法团队多元化的影响取决于法院自身的规模。