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Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming
Numerous studies have examined the effects of gender diversity in groups on creative performance, and no clear effect has been identified. Findings depend on situational cues making gender diversity more or less salient in groups. A large-scale study on two cohorts (N = 2,261) was conducted among bu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34707536 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723235 |
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author | Peter, Laurine Michinov, Nicolas Besançon, Maud Michinov, Estelle Juhel, Jacques Brown, Genavee Jamet, Eric Cherbonnier, Anthony |
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description | Numerous studies have examined the effects of gender diversity in groups on creative performance, and no clear effect has been identified. Findings depend on situational cues making gender diversity more or less salient in groups. A large-scale study on two cohorts (N = 2,261) was conducted among business students to examine the impact of the gender diversity in small groups on divergent thinking in an idea-generation task performed by synchronous electronic brainstorming. Participants were automatically randomized in three- or four-member groups to generate ideas during 10 min on a gendered or neutral task. Then, five categories of groups where the proportion of men/women in groups varied from three/four men to three/four women were compared to examine creative performance on three divergent thinking measures (fluency, flexibility, and originality). A Multivariate Generalized Linear Mixed Model (mGLMM) showed greater fluency in all-women groups than in other groups (except mixed-gender groups composed of two men and two women), and more specifically “solo” groups composed of a single woman/man among a majority of men/women. For flexibility and originality, the superiority of all-women groups was found only in comparison to “solo” groups composed of a single woman. As gender differences are more salient in “solo” groups than in other groups faultlines may appear in groups, leading to a deleterious impact on creative performance. |
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spelling | pubmed-85430342021-10-26 Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming Peter, Laurine Michinov, Nicolas Besançon, Maud Michinov, Estelle Juhel, Jacques Brown, Genavee Jamet, Eric Cherbonnier, Anthony Front Psychol Psychology Numerous studies have examined the effects of gender diversity in groups on creative performance, and no clear effect has been identified. Findings depend on situational cues making gender diversity more or less salient in groups. A large-scale study on two cohorts (N = 2,261) was conducted among business students to examine the impact of the gender diversity in small groups on divergent thinking in an idea-generation task performed by synchronous electronic brainstorming. Participants were automatically randomized in three- or four-member groups to generate ideas during 10 min on a gendered or neutral task. Then, five categories of groups where the proportion of men/women in groups varied from three/four men to three/four women were compared to examine creative performance on three divergent thinking measures (fluency, flexibility, and originality). A Multivariate Generalized Linear Mixed Model (mGLMM) showed greater fluency in all-women groups than in other groups (except mixed-gender groups composed of two men and two women), and more specifically “solo” groups composed of a single woman/man among a majority of men/women. For flexibility and originality, the superiority of all-women groups was found only in comparison to “solo” groups composed of a single woman. As gender differences are more salient in “solo” groups than in other groups faultlines may appear in groups, leading to a deleterious impact on creative performance. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8543034/ /pubmed/34707536 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723235 Text en Copyright © 2021 Peter, Michinov, Besançon, Michinov, Juhel, Brown, Jamet, Cherbonnier and ProFAN Consortium. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Peter, Laurine Michinov, Nicolas Besançon, Maud Michinov, Estelle Juhel, Jacques Brown, Genavee Jamet, Eric Cherbonnier, Anthony Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming |
title | Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming |
title_full | Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming |
title_fullStr | Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming |
title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming |
title_short | Revisiting the Effects of Gender Diversity in Small Groups on Divergent Thinking: A Large-Scale Study Using Synchronous Electronic Brainstorming |
title_sort | revisiting the effects of gender diversity in small groups on divergent thinking: a large-scale study using synchronous electronic brainstorming |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8543034/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34707536 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723235 |
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