Team climate mediates the effect of diversity on environmental science team satisfaction and data sharing

Scientific research—especially high-impact research—is increasingly being performed in teams that are interdisciplinary and demographically diverse. Nevertheless, very little research has investigated how the climate on these diverse science teams affects data sharing or the experiences of their members. To address these gaps, we conducted a quantitative study of 266 scientists from 105 NSF-funded interdisciplinary environmental science teams. We examined how team climate mediates the associations between team diversity and three outcomes: satisfaction with the team, satisfaction with authorship practices, and perceptions of the frequency of data sharing. Using path analyses, we found that individuals from underrepresented groups perceived team climate more negatively, which was associated with lower satisfaction with the team and more negative perceptions of authorship practices and data sharing on the team. However, individuals on teams with more demographic diversity reported a more positive climate than those on teams with less demographic diversity. These results highlight the importance of team climate, the value of diverse teams for team climate, and barriers to the full inclusion and support of individuals from underrepresented groups in interdisciplinary science teams.科研工作，尤其是高影响力科研，正愈发多地由跨学科且人口统计学特征多元的团队开展。然而，目前极少有研究探讨此类多元科研团队的团队氛围（team climate）如何影响数据共享，或是团队成员的体验。为填补这一研究空白，我们针对美国国家科学基金会（NSF）资助的105个跨学科环境科学团队的266名科研人员开展了一项定量研究。本研究探究了团队氛围在团队多样性与三项结果之间的中介效应，这三项结果分别为：团队满意度、作者署名实践满意度，以及对数据共享频率的感知。通过路径分析，我们发现：来自代表性不足群体的科研人员对团队氛围的感知更为消极，这与更低的团队满意度，以及对团队内作者署名实践和数据共享的更负面感知相关联。不过，人口统计学特征更多元的团队中，成员报告的团队氛围要比多样性较低的团队更积极。本研究结果凸显了团队氛围的重要性、多元团队对团队氛围的积极价值，以及在跨学科科研团队中充分包容并支持代表性不足群体成员所面临的障碍。