This study presents a multilevel investigation of neurodivergence in relation to psychological safety, relationship quality, and team identification. Moreover, it examines the influence of awareness and social acceptance of neurodiversity on these relations. Utilizing a sample of 70 teams, we disentangle within-group and between-group effects and discuss the differences. Our findings indicate that neurodivergent individuals report lower perceived psychological safety, leading to diminished team identification and relationship quality. However, teams with a high proportion of neurodivergent members report higher psychological safety at the group level, suggesting that neurodiverse teams, on average, experience higher psychological safety, relationship quality, and team identification.
Rijswijk et al. (Fri,) studied this question.