Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20901/ms.13.25.5

Cultural intelligence: Key intelligence of the 21st century? Validation of CQS instrument

Elvi Piršl orcid.org/0000-0002-1696-6024 ; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Humanities, Croatia
Dijana Drandić orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-4698 ; Istrian University of Applied Sciences, Croatia
Andrea Matošević orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-6353 ; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Humanities, Croatia

Abstract

Since no empirical research regarding cultural intelligence has yet been done in Croatia, the objective of this paper is to determine the basic metric characteristics of the Cultural Intelligence Scale – CQS by Van Dyne et al. (2008), as well as the applicability in research on a sample of N=144 subjects, namely, students attending schools of foreign languages from three different countries: Croatia, Ireland and Serbia. The reliability of the scale was verified using the Cronbach alpha coefficient, while the validity was assessed by factor analysis. The results of the study show the cultural intelligence of the subjects through four factor dimensions, like in the original instrument, but with different factor loadings. Thus, the Cultural Intelligence Scale is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring cultural intelligence with the possibility of practical application on different subject samples.

Keywords

cultural intelligence, dimensions of cultural intelligence; interaction; interculturality

Hrčak ID:

281480

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281480

Publication date:

4.8.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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