Abstract
Functional diversity in teams, while potentially beneficial, increases
the likelihood that individual team members will perceive the team's
task differently, leading to gaps between teammates' interpretations
of what is needed for the team to be successful. These representational
gaps are likely to create conflict as teammates try to solve what
are essentially incompatible problems. Understanding how these general
mechanisms work should deepen our understanding of information processing
and conflict in diverse teams. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR Copyright of
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