Cultural diversity and learning teams: The impact on desired academic team processes

This research developed a cultural model in order to extend typical definitions of cultural diversity and observe these variables' effect on desired academic team process outcomes. We employed an established learning team procedure longitudinally and examined the learning process, namely, by observing individual cultural characteristics and adding a heterogeneity analysis of these characteristics. The model shows the influence of these diversity metrics on team processes that affect team performance. Results supported the use of a more extended cultural model. Discussion is given regarding the importance of understanding the composition of learning teams.