Measuring Cultural Intelligence in the Turkish Context

Abstract

The present article reports the results of two studies designed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the cultural intelligence (CI) scale in the Turkish context. The proposed four‐factor (cognitive, metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral) structure of CI was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The results supported the discriminant validity of the four‐factor model of the CI scale in relation to the Big Five personality factors and the emotional intelligence factors. Furthermore, CI explained additional variance in intercultural task performance over and above that explained by demographic characteristics and emotional intelligence. With regard to internal consistency and test–retest reliability, the CI scale showed acceptable results and was in concordance with the prior studies. Taken together, these findings suggest that the Turkish version of CI scale is a reliable and valid measure that can be used to measure individual's intercultural capabilities.

Psychometric Properties of the Cultural Intelligence Scale in a Saudi Arabian Context

“…Results of the reliability analysis indicated that both the internal consistency and test–retest reliability estimates of CQS were adequate. These findings are consistent with those of other studies (Ang et al, ; Mahembe & Engelbrecht, ; Şahin et al, ; Shannon & Begley, ).…”

“…As in the original model, CFA revealed a four‐factor structure. The four‐factor model was also consistent with results from the United States (Ang et al, ; Imai & Gelfand, ), Singapore (Ang et al, ), Turkey (Şahin et al, ), South Africa (Mahembe & Engelbrecht, ), Korea (Moon, ; Moon et al, ), and Iran (Khodadady & Ghahari, ). The second‐order CFA confirmed that the four CQ domains contributed to an overall CQ construct.…”

“…To ensure comparability with previous research examining the psychometric properties of the CQ (e.g., Ang et al, ; Khodadady & Ghahari, ; Mahembe & Engelbrecht, ; Moon, ; Şahin et al, ), this study used students as sampling units. The development of students’ CQ is important since they represent future employees and managers who are likely to work in culturally diverse context.…”

“…The CQS contains 20 items which measure one of the four factors of CQ: metacognitive CQ, cognitive CQ, motivational CQ, or behavioral CQ. Studies in the United States, Singapore, Turkey, Iran, and South Africa (Ang et al, ; Khodadady & Ghahari, ; Mahembe & Engelbrecht, ; Şahin, Gürbüz, Köksal, & Ercan, ) have found the psychometric properties of the CQS suitable for evaluating CQ. This is the first such study of the psychometric properties of the CQS in a Saudi sample.…”

Spanish version of the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS) / Versión española de la Escala de Inteligencia Cultural (EIC)

“…What is more, the CQS has been validated in such diverse cultural contexts as Turkey (Şahin, Gürbüz, Köksal, & Ercan, 2013) and Iran (Khodadady & Ghahari, 2011). The instrument consists of 20 items divided into the four dimensions of cultural intelligence explained above.…”