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  • Social Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Group Dynamics

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  • Collective intelligence (CI) is crucial for addressing complex challenges in science and business.
  • Groups frequently underperform, failing to reach their full collective potential.
  • Understanding the factors that predict and enhance group CI is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify key predictors of collective intelligence (CI) across diverse group tasks.
  • To investigate the role of group composition, specifically gender diversity, in CI.
  • To determine whether group processes or individual skills are more influential for CI.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of group performance data from 22 studies, encompassing 5,279 individuals in 1,356 groups.
  • Statistical modeling to identify factors predicting CI and its impact on performance.
  • Examination of mediation effects, such as social perceptiveness, in the relationship between group composition and CI.

Main Results:

  • A robust collective intelligence factor was identified, demonstrating a group's general ability to collaborate effectively.
  • The proportion of women in a group significantly predicted CI, mediated by members' average social perceptiveness.
  • Group collaboration processes were found to be more critical for predicting CI than individual member skills.

Conclusions:

  • Collective intelligence is a measurable group-level trait influenced by diversity and social dynamics.
  • Enhancing group composition (e.g., gender diversity) and collaboration processes can improve collective intelligence.
  • Focusing on group dynamics and social perceptiveness offers a promising avenue for boosting group performance and problem-solving capabilities.