團隊生產是一個由來已久的經濟學議題，而團隊組成和團隊多樣性問題可能是影響團隊績效的重要因素，尤其在全球化的背景下，由來自不同國家、不同文化背景的成員組成的團隊早已司空見慣。有關多樣性對績效的影響的研究在各產業已頗見成果，但在電子競技產業的此類研究正值起步，故本文以 2020 年至 2022 年間反恐精英：全球攻勢（Counter-Strike: Global Offensive，下文稱 CS:GO）與英雄聯盟（League of Legends，下文稱英雄聯盟）兩款遊戲的職業隊伍為研究樣本，使用其比賽表現數據與基於 Geert Hofstede 所提出的文化面向理論所建立的文化多樣性指標進行實證分析，討論成員特質多樣性對影響團隊績效的影響。實證結果顯示，多樣性對遊戲團隊績效的影響頗為複雜，相同面向的多樣性對兩款遊戲的影響不盡相同。CS:GO 團隊裡的反應比賽表現數據多樣性的指標會對團隊績效造成顯著影響，而在英雄聯盟團隊裡並沒有此類多樣性會對團隊績效造成影響的證據。兩款遊戲中都沒有發現語言多樣性對團隊績效有影響的有力證據。儘管兩款遊戲中單一國籍的隊伍與多國籍隊伍的獎金在統計上皆不存在顯著差異，但是有且僅有在 CS:GO 團隊裡一些文化面向的多樣性對團隊績效有顯著的影響：無論團隊平均文化指數大小與隊伍組成偏態形式為何，CS:GO 隊伍內個人主義的面向的多樣性增加會使得團隊績效顯著提升；在控制團隊平均文化指數大小與隊伍組成偏態形式下，CS:GO 團隊長期導向面向多樣性的增加會使得團隊績效顯著提升。相反地，
沒有證據顯示文化多樣性會對英雄聯盟團隊績效造成顯著影響。隊伍的文化面向的偏態形式對團隊績效的影響，也僅在 CS:GO 團隊中顯著。團隊男性化面向指數越右偏，對團隊績效有顯著的正向影響；團隊不確定性規避面向的指數越右偏，團隊少數人較風險趨避，團隊績效越好；團隊放縱面向指數越右偏，即團隊內少數人較放縱，會使得團隊績效顯著減少。相較於英雄聯盟隊伍，CS:GO 隊伍若處於團隊內權力分配不平等情況，可能會表現得更差；CS:GO 隊伍若更專心於其角色定位的任務，團隊表現會更好。

This article aims to explore if the diversity between teammates affects team performance in eSports teams of League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Using player in-game performance data and player’s nationality and Hofstede's cultural dimen-sions index to create the indicators that reflect the skill diversity, language diversity, and cultural diversity, this article uses multiple regression models for empirical analysis.

This study finds that the impact of diversity on game team performance is complicated. Although there is no statistically significant difference in rewards between single nation-ality teams and multi-nationality teams, the impact of different aspects of diversity on team performance does exist.

Diversity that reflects game skill in a CS:GO team can have a significant impact on team performance. No strong evidence of an effect of language diversity on team performance was found in either game. The increased diversity of individualism dimension within the CS:GO team will significantly improve team performance; while controlling the size of the average team culture index and the skewed form of team composition, the increase in diversity in the long-term orientation dimension of the CS:GO team will significantly improve team performance. The skewed form of the CS:GO team's cultural dimension has a significant impact on team performance. Compared with League of Legends teams, CS:GO teams may perform worse if the power distribution within the team is unequal; CS:GO teams may perform better if they focus more on the tasks of their role.

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