Who Would You Like to Work With?

Explore the dynamics of online team formation in this 21-minute conference talk from the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Delve into a field study involving 530 participants using a team formation system, uncovering insights on how users search for and choose teammates. Learn about the discrepancies between initial search preferences and final team choices, as well as the impact of users' traits and social networks on team composition. Examine the resulting patterns of non-diverse and segregated teams, where expertise and social capital become concentrated. Gain valuable insights for designing more effective team formation systems that promote user agency while addressing the challenges of diversity and equal distribution of resources.