“…To assess cross-cultural skills, we employ the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS), which measures the ability to adapt to culturally diverse situations and interact with people from various backgrounds (Van Dyne, Ang, & Koh, 2015). While some researchers have used CQS to examine cross-national interactions, recent work argues for its applicability to contexts unbounded by geo-ethnic confines (Patel & Salih, 2018). Indeed, Earley and Ang (2003) conceptualized CQS as pertinent to interactions involving cultural and subcultural differences, such as race, ethnicity, and workplace diversity.…”