Editing Research:Question-06-Team-Composition-Diversity-Effects (section)

=== Psychological Safety as Moderating Factor ===

The research reveals '''psychological safety as the critical moderating variable''' that determines whether diversity benefits are realized:

'''High Psychological Safety Teams:'''
* Diversity benefits fully realized with 21-27% performance improvement
* Open communication enables effective diversity utilization
* Rapid AI tool experimentation and collective learning
* Error tolerance facilitates optimal human-AI collaboration development

'''Low Psychological Safety Teams:'''
* Diversity becomes '''performance liability''' with 8-12% reduced effectiveness
* Communication barriers prevent diversity advantage realization
* AI tool adoption slowed by fear of experimentation and failure
* Individual rather than collective optimization patterns emerge

'''Psychological Safety + Diversity Interaction:'''
* Combined factors explain '''40.7% of team effectiveness variance'''
* Each requires the other for optimal impact realization
* Interaction effect: F(3,146) = 23.7, p < 0.001
* Teams high on both factors show '''56% better AI integration outcomes'''