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Collective Intelligence and Group Performance

Woolley, Anita Williams, Aggarwal, Ishani, Malone, Thomas W.·2015·Current Directions in Psychological Science

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We review recent research on collective intelligence, which we define as the ability of a group to perform a wide variety of tasks. We focus on two influences on a group’s collective intelligence: (a) group composition (e.g., the members’ skills, diversity, and intelligence) and (b) group interaction (e.g., structures, processes, and norms). We also call for more research to investigate how social interventions and technological tools can be used to enhance collective intelligence.

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Authors: Woolley, A. W., Aggarwal, I., & Malone, T. W.
Affiliations: Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas (BR)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author: Woolley, Anita Williams
ORCID: Woolley, Anita Williams
Aggarwal, Ishani
Malone, Thomas W.
Venue: Current Directions in Psychological Science
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2015-12
Volume: 24
Issue: 6
Pages: 420-424
ISSN: 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
1467-8721
DOI: 10.1177/0963721415599543
OpenAlex: W2194225532
Semantic Scholar: 6ff64a539dd4d116a7819ac080c815b9ab224e5b
Cited by: 382
References: 28
Citations by year: 2026: 22 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 47 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 33 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 9
FWCI: 24.61
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation
Cisco Systems
Carnegie Mellon University
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Keywords: collective intelligence, group performance, group composition, group diversity, group interaction, group norms, group structure, social intervention, technological tools, task performance

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