The differential impacts of team diversity as variability versus atypicality on team effectiveness.

ABSTRACT: Interest in team diversity initiatives has grown significantly over the past decade. Some initiatives focus on creating "highly variable" teams where members bring a wide range of attributes. Others prioritize "highly atypical" teams, where members contribute attributes underrepresented within the broader organization or field, regardless of variety. These two approaches entail markedly different assumptions about maximizing team diversity's benefits. Comparing short- and long-term outcomes provides important insights into cultivating and leveraging diverse teams. To do so, we examined the proposal submissions of all variable and atypical teams within a competitive seed grant program over six years. We assessed short-term performance based on funding outcomes following a three-stage review

SUBMITTER: Modi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11802931 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature