Effect of team diversity on teams’ design space: a computational approach
2024 (English)In: DESIGN 2024, Cambridge University Press, 2024, p. 1095-1104Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Understanding team diversity has become essential for modern-day organisations. This study explores the impact of knowledge diversity in design teams through computational simulations. By analysing design space characteristics, we study how diverse teams perform compared to less diverse counterparts. Results reveal that highly diverse teams exhibit increased efficiency, quicker convergence, and larger but sparser design spaces. This work contributes to understanding the impact of knowledge diversity in design teams and sets the stage for future systematic studies of diversity.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cambridge University Press, 2024. p. 1095-1104
Series
Proceedings of the Design Society, E-ISSN 2732-527X ; 4
Keywords [en]
design teams, design cognition, team diversity, design space, agent-based modelling
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences Other Engineering and Technologies Arts
Research subject
Product Innovation
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-105778DOI: 10.1017/pds.2024.112Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85194088004OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-105778DiVA, id: diva2:1864798
Conference
18th International Design Conference (Design 2024), Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 20-23, 2024
Note
Funder: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Republic of Croatia; Croatian Science Foundation (IP-2022-10-7775);
Full text license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0;
2024-06-042024-06-042024-06-04Bibliographically approved