Individual-level multiculturalism and cultural intelligence

• Cultural intelligence (CQ) refers to an individual’s capability to function effectively in situations characterized by cultural diversity (Ang & Van Dyne, 2008). A relatively new antecedent of CQ that has been examined is multiculturalism (Ang et al., 2020), so far in a sample of employees in the Netherlands where only a total CQ score was used (Korzilius et al., 2017) and business students with bicultural identity in the US where only cognitive and metacognitive aspects of CQ were examined (Dheer & Lenartowicz, 2018). The aim of this study was to examine the association between individual-level multiculturalism and four different aspects of CQ in a sample of teachers and teacher students in Sweden. Data were collected for 99 participants (68% female; 79% teacher students; Mage = 34.20, SD = 10.51) using The Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS; Van Dyne et al., 2008), and following Vora et al. (2019), three items for multiculturalism measuring knowledge, identification and internalization. Individual-level multiculturalism was positively and significantly associated with three aspects of CQ: metacognitive (r = .43, p < .001), cognitive (r = .54, p < .001) and motivational (r = .49, p < .001). Results have the implication for the development programs for CQ.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogiskt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogical Work (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

cultural intelligence

multiculturalism

teachers

teacher students

Publikations- och innehållstyp

vet (ämneskategori)

kon (ämneskategori)