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Interpersonal factors that contribute to collective intelligence in small groups a qualitative systematic review

Authors: Alexis Jeffredo, Christophe Clesse, Martine Batt

Published in: Mind & Society | Issue 1-2/2024

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The study of collective intelligence has focused in the last years on crowdsourcing and artificial swarm intelligence. Currently, large online communities have demonstrated their effectiveness but even if the contributions in this domain are significant, it remains essential to question the functioning of collective intelligence in small groups, especially since the gain in popularity of brainstorming strategies, focus groups and co-working practices. In this context, we conducted a qualitative systematic review using Prospero, PRISMA protocol and bias assessment to identify the factors currently recognised as impacting on the emergence of collective intelligence in small groups. These factors were then organised according to the different levels of abstraction observed in research about collective intelligence. From this work, collective intelligence appears as the crystallization of emerging properties that manifest themselves in interactions and whose possibility of existing is intrinsically linked to meta-cognition and meta-communication processes.

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Title: Interpersonal factors that contribute to collective intelligence in small groups a qualitative systematic review
Authors: Alexis Jeffredo
Christophe Clesse
Martine Batt
Publication date: 11-07-2024
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Mind & Society / Issue 1-2/2024
Print ISSN: 1593-7879
Electronic ISSN: 1860-1839
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11299-024-00307-8

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