There are conflicting findings in team diversity research on whether it is better for an individual on a team to be similar to or different from the rest of the team. This lab study with undergraduates completing a critical thinking and decision-making task uses optimal distinctiveness theory to examine the idea that finding a balance between these two states for team member personality will result in positive perceptions of team process. Our results supported this such that participants had the most positive perceptions of team process when optimally distinct from the rest of the team in terms of personality.

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使用最优差异性理论预测团队过程的感知

在团队多样性研究中，关于团队中的一个人与团队其他人相似还是不同更好，结果存在矛盾。这项与完成批判性思维和决策任务的本科生的实验室研究使用最佳独特性理论来检验在团队成员个性的这两种状态之间找到平衡将导致对团队过程的积极看法的想法。我们的结果支持这一点，当参与者在个性方面与团队其他成员最佳区别时，他们对团队过程有最积极的看法。