Assessing the interaction of empathy and diversity in creative teams

IF 1.5 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-16 DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2026.102533

Cortney S. Rodet

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Abstract

Diversity, especially experiential diversity, has been shown to positively affect creativity in divergent thinking tasks, but issues like conflict, misunderstanding, and disagreement can arise due to diversity. This project explores empathy as a mechanism through which diversity fosters creativity in teams as it allows teammates to better understand each other when they differ in experience, knowledge, and characteristics. Consistent with previous research, I find that experiential diversity boosts creativity by increasing the number of ideas generated. When interacted with empathy, it increases originality and the use of unique words to describe ideas. Empathy also positively interacts with characteristic diversity (i.e., language, gender identity, and socioeconomic background) to increase the number of creative ideas.

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评估创意团队中同理心和多样性的相互作用

多样性，尤其是经验多样性，已被证明对发散性思维任务的创造力有积极影响，但冲突、误解和分歧等问题也可能因多样性而产生。这个项目探讨了同理心作为一种机制，通过这种机制，多样性可以培养团队的创造力，因为它可以让团队成员更好地理解彼此，当他们在经验、知识和特征上存在差异时。与之前的研究一致，我发现体验多样性通过增加产生想法的数量来提高创造力。当与同理心互动时，它会增加独创性，并使用独特的词汇来描述想法。同理心还与特征多样性（即语言、性别认同和社会经济背景）积极互动，以增加创造性想法的数量。

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来源期刊

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

113

审稿时长

83 days

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