Short-term cross-cultural study tours: : impact on cultural intelligence

• Autores: Evan D. Wood, Heather Y.Z. St. Peters
• Localización: The International Journal of Human Resource Management, ISSN-e 1466-4399, Vol. 25, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 558-570
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper examines whether short-term cross-cultural study tours enhance the four factors of cultural intelligence (CQ): metacognition, cognition, motivation and behavior. CQ has exhibited high correlations between higher levels of CQ and positive attitudinal and behavioral outcomes. As a capability, CQ appears malleable and, thus, open to change and improvement. Data were collected from working professionals in an MBA program both before and after participating in an experientially oriented 11- or 12-day short-term cross-cultural study tour. Results supported three of the four hypotheses, suggesting that short-term cross-cultural study tours exhibited a significant relationship with enhanced metacognitive CQ, cognitive CQ and motivational CQ. The results did not reveal a significant relationship between the study tours and behavioral CQ.