The Impact of Deep Democratic Decision-Making on Multidisciplinary Intercultural Student Team Conflicts

As the number of multidisciplinary and intercultural teams grows due to globalisation and today's work cultures, the need for ways to mitigate conflicts in such teams is also increasing. This research aims to explore how deep democratic decision-making can be used to deal with conflicts in multidisciplinary and intercultural student teams by facilitating inclusive decision-making in groups. Through interviews with participants of such teams, this study sought and explored the underlying conflicts and the decision-making methods currently used in the field. Finally, the research analysed the outcomes of using deep democratic decision-making in a multidisciplinary and intercultural student team context, proposing possible ways to implement deep democratic decision-making and giving interpretations for possible future research.