Ethnic Diversity and Creativity in Small Groups

  • Ideas produced by heterogeneous groups were judged as significantly more feasible.
  • Members of homogeneous groups reported marginally significantly higher levels of interpersonal attraction than did members of heterogeneous groups.
  • Diverse groups have performance advantages over homogeneous groups on creativity task requiring knowledge of different cultures.
  • Biculturalism may be related to divergent thinking in the same way as bilingualism.