Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Swarnodeep Homroy
Author-Name-First: Swarnodeep
Author-Name-Last: Homroy
Author-Name: Kwok Tong Soo
Author-Name-First: Kwok Tong
Author-Name-Last: Soo
Title: The impact of diversity on group and individual performance
Abstract: Using data on a student group project in which groups are exogenously formed, we examine the potential productivity gains from employing work-teams which are diverse in terms of gender, nationality and ability. We find no significant effect of diversity on overall team performance, except when the team members are from different socio-cultural backgrounds. More importantly, we find that students who have worked in more diverse teams experience a subsequent improvement in individual productivity. These individual productivity gains hold for both domestic and foreign students, and for students of different levels of ability. Our results suggest a mechanism by which diversity enhances individual and collective performance.
Creation-Date: 2014
File-URL: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/lums/economics/working-papers/IndividualPerformance.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Number: 65528509
Classification-JEL: 
Keywords: Group composition, diversity, performance
Handle: RePEc:lan:wpaper:65528509