An evaluation of the attempts to measure social intelligence.

Thorndike, Robert L.; Stein, Steven J.

doi:10.1037/h0053850

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“…For instance, basic personality tendencies are typically defined as bundles of behaviors that generalize across situations (e.g., Fleeson & Gallagher, 2009). Likewise, social skills are broadly defined as acting wisely in larger classes of social situations (e.g., Thorndike & Stein, 1937;Topping, Bremner, & Holmes, 2000). Conversely, the term job knowledge and skills stresses this category's specificity for a given job.…”

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How “situational” is judgment in situational judgment tests?

Krumm¹,

Lievens²,

Hüffmeier³

et al. 2015

Journal of Applied Psychology

172

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Whereas situational judgment tests (SJTs) have traditionally been conceptualized as low-fidelity simulations with an emphasis on contextualized situation descriptions and context-dependent knowledge, a recent perspective views SJTs as measures of more general domain (context-independent) knowledge. In the current research, we contrasted these 2 perspectives in 3 studies by removing the situation descriptions (i.e., item stems) from SJTs. Across studies, the traditional contextualized SJT perspective was not supported for between 43% and 71% of the items because it did not make a significant difference whether the situation description was included or not for these items. These results were replicated across construct domains, samples, and response instructions. However, there was initial evidence that judgment in SJTs was more situational when (a) items measured job knowledge and skills and (b) response options denoted context-specific rules of action. Verbal protocol analyses confirmed that high scorers on SJTs without situation descriptions relied upon general rules about the effectiveness of the responses. Implications for SJT theory, research, and design are discussed.

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Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

How “situational” is judgment in situational judgment tests?

Krumm¹,

Lievens²,

Hüffmeier³

et al. 2015

Journal of Applied Psychology

172

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“…Cultural intelligence theory draws from Sternberg and Detterman's (1986) framework, which proposes that intelligence has different 'loci' within the person: metacognition, cognition and mental capabilities located within the 'head' of the person as well as overt actions manifested in behavioural capabilities. It builds on the growing interest in 'real-world' non-academic intelligences that focus on specific content domains such as social intelligence (Thorndike & Stein, 1937), emotional intelligence (Mayer & Salovey, 1993) and practical intelligence (Sternberg & Wagner, 2000) by focusing on a specific domain, namely intercultural settings. It is motivated by the practical reality of globalisation (Earley & Ang, 2003).…”

Section: Cultural Intelligence Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

A preliminary study to assess the construct validity of a cultural intelligence measure on a South African sample

Mahembe

Engelbrecht

2014

SA j. hum. resour. manag.

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Orientation: Cultural intelligence is an essential social competence for effective individual interaction in a cross-cultural context. The cultural intelligence scale (CQS) is used extensively for assessing cultural intelligence; nevertheless, its reliability and validity on a South African sample are yet to be ascertained.Research purpose: The purpose of the current study was to assess the construct validity of the CQS on a South African sample. The results of the psychometric assessment offer some important insights into the factor structure of the cultural intelligence construct.Motivation for the study: The current study sought to provide some practical validity confirmation of the CQS for the effective management of cultural diversity in the South African context.Research approach, design and method: The CQS was administered on a non-probability sample of 229 young adults in South Africa. Item analysis was performed to ascertain reliability. Exploratory factor analysis was used to test the unidimensionality of CQS subscales. The first-order and second-order factor structures underlying contemporary models of cultural intelligence were tested using confirmatory factor analysis.Main findings: Results indicated that the CQS is a reliable and valid measure of cultural intelligence as evidenced by the high internal consistency coefficients in all the subscales. Good construct validity for both the first-order and second-order models was obtained via confirmatory factor analysis.Practical/managerial implications: The study finds good measurement properties of the CQS in a South African context. The CQS can be confidently used for applications such as selecting, training and developing a more culturally competent workforce.Contribution: The study extends the body of knowledge on the reliability and construct validity of the CQS in the South African milieu. It further indicates that cultural intelligence can be represented by a general cultural intelligence factor that drives more specific dimensions of cultural intelligence.

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“…According to McCollum (1999) and (Gustavsson, 2001), the ability to lead for success is improved when leaders focus on leadership by gaining consciousness of the issues surrounding the situation (Thorndike, 1937;Wechsler, 1943;Gardner, 1983;Salovey and Mayer, 1990;Goleman, 1995;Owen et al, 2004;Potter et al, 2006) because they also need non-cognitive intelligence (EI) for success (Salovey & Mayer, 1990)-a kind of social intelligence, which is the ability to observe one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate between them, and to let this information guide thinking and actions. Harung et al (1995) describe EI as a tool for enabling concentration and self-awareness, and once people attain this they begin to better manage their emotional and social sensitivities towards themselves and others.…”

Section: Emotional Intelligencementioning

confidence: 99%