In a recent paper published in Scientific Reports, Fabian Baumann, Agnieszka Czaplicka & Iyad Rahwan — all of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development — analyze how the underlying social network of a group impacts the effect of diversity on performance.
"It is widely believed that diversity arising from different skills enhances the performance of teams, and in particular, their ability to learn and innovate," they write. “However, diversity has also been associated with negative effects on the communication and coordination within collectives. Yet, despite the importance of diversity as a concept, we still lack a mechanistic understanding of how its impact is shaped by the underlying social network.”
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