Is diversity good or bad? Evidence from eSports teams analysis
Petr Parshakov,
Dennis Coates and
Marina Zavertiaeva
Applied Economics, 2018, vol. 50, issue 47, 5064-5075
Abstract:
We use eSports data to construct an empirical model to measure the effect of diversity on team performance. Different kinds of diversities are considered, diversity of culture, diversity of language and diversity of skill. Our main results are that cultural diversity is beneficial for team performance: the absence of diversity reduces performance by 30%. However, language and experience diversity negatively affect results. Taking the difference in the results into account, we conclude that firms should not thoughtlessly maximize team diversity: different kinds of diversity have different integration and communication costs.
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1470315
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