The Relationship Between Diversity and Conflict

As desertions and deaths increase, so does the crew's racial diversity./nTaste-based discrimination can lead to conflicts and a lack of collaboration./nThere is evidence of crew members attempting to harm or push others overboard due to differences./nSick of abuse, crew members may choose to desert the ship./nRacial diversity has a U-shaped relationship with ship performance measured by revenue./nHighly homogeneous teams perform well, but revenue decreases as diversity increases./nAfter reaching a minimum point, higher diversity leads to increased performance and outweighs the initial costs.