Participants in a business plan competition organized by a Singapore university are studied in order to determine the degree to which team diversity influences external evaluation of the team's business ideas.Following a review of the literature on team diversity, it is hypothesized that the...

Team researchers have found that the diversity to effectiveness ratings are mediated by team conflict. Using a sample of 73 teams developing their business ideas, we find direct effects of diversity and conflict on member-rated team effectiveness. We explain how the circumstances under which...