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Mean manager demographic similarity
Population mean similarity between employees and managers on gender/ethnic-minority/generation cohort comparisons.
How it’s computed
AVG(manager_demographic_similarity)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Mean manager demographic similarity can tell roughly 25 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to workforce composition
{mover} is becoming a bigger share of who you are
workforce-composition · T1
{mover} is fading from the mix
workforce-composition · T1
A few people hold the whole network together
org-networks · T1
One unit is over-managed
workforce-composition · T1
Spans are stretched thin in one corner
workforce-composition · T1
The mix is holding steady
workforce-composition · T1
The organization you have isn't the one you had
workforce-composition · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“The absolute magnitude of the percentile scores may be biased by associates who have a tendency to avoid 1 or 5 in responding to any question or by a tendency to use only 1 or 5 in responding to items. It may also be biased by a tendency in the organization itself to rate…”
— Diagnosing Changing Org Culturematch 52%
“This also exacerbates the issue regarding the comparison of a small office with two large offices.CHAPTER 4 MEASURES OF LOCATION 4.1 Number99Mode50,000Median65,000Mean66,364Trimmed mean (n = 89)65,652 4.2 Skewed positively with a tail to the right, because the mean is more than…”
— Statistics for Compensationmatch 51%
“Thus, your company is not diverse if only 2 ethnic group are represented compared with 4 ethnic groups (i.e. low in richness), and if you have 97 members in 1 ethnic group and 1 member in each of 3 other ethnic groups (i.e. low in evenness). Assuming there are two companies.…”
— Predictive HR Analyticsmatch 51%
Resources: Diagnosing Changing Org Culture · Statistics for Compensation · Predictive HR Analytics