Research

More than 1,000 journal articles by scholars and research teams from all over the world have shown the validity of the CQ Assessment and have shown that Cultural Intelligence predicts work performance, leadership effectiveness, creativity, and a host of other skills.

CQ Key Research Question

What is the difference between individuals and organizations that are effective in today’s multicultural, globalized world and those that fail?

Going beyond existing notions of cultural sensitivity and awareness, CQ captures the capabilities of individuals and organizations that successfully and respectfully accomplish their objectives, whatever the cultural context.

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CQ Model

Earley and Ang built on Sternberg and Detterman’s multiple loci framework on intelligence to argue that intelligence must go beyond mere cognitive abilities. Ang and Van Dyne developed an initial nomological network of predictors and outcomes of the four key CQ capabilities:

CQ Drive (Motivational CQ): the level of a person’s interest, persistence, and confidence to function in culturally diverse settings.

CQ Knowledge (Cognitive CQ): the level of a person’s understanding about how cultures are similar and how they are different.

CQ Strategy (Meta-cognitive CQ): the degree to which a person plans for, remains aware during, and checks after multicultural interactions.

CQ Action (Behavioral CQ): the extent of a person’s flexibility and appropriate use of a broad repertoire of behaviors and skills during multicultural encounters.

CQ Research Guide

Request a copy of our Research Guide document.  In the document we take a deep dive into how we conduct our research and cover the following key areas:

  • Conceptualization of Cultural Intelligence
  • Development and Validation of the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS)
  • Psychometric Properties of CQS
  • Outcomes of Cultural Intelligence
  • Specific CQ Research Studies
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The History of the Cultural Intelligence Scale
(CQs and E-CQs)

Development

Following rigorous scale development procedures over many years, the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS) was developed, refined, validated, and cross-validated using a series of culturally diverse samples that included executives, expats, professionals, students, and members of multicultural teams throughout the world.

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Expanded CQ Scales

The Expanded Cultural Intelligence Scale (E-CQS) provides even more nuanced feedback based on separate scales for each of thirteen sub-dimensions. Results demonstrate strong incremental, discriminant, and predictive validity of the CQS and E-CQS. The CQS and E-CQS are the basis of the CQ Self-Assessments and the CQ Multi-Rater Assessment (360°).

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A Valid System

Research demonstrates strong incremental and, discriminant validity of these scales. CQ has predictive validity above and beyond social desirability, personality, experience, and a host of other constructs. Accordingly, it’s not easy to “game” the assessment and there’s a high level of convergence between self-ratings and observer- ratings across several thousand participants., Research also demonstrates the practical utility of both self-report and observer-report versions of the CQ scales.

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Cultural Intelligence Outcomes

High-quality decision-making

Trust, cooperation, and negotiation effectiveness

Creativity and innovation

Adjustment and resistance to fatigue/burnout

Work performance (individual and team) and leadership effectiveness

Profitability and cost savings

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Research Articles

More than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles by scholars and research teams from all over the world document the scientific knowledge about CQ. Learn more through online books and articles available through our site.

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Future Research

The research on cultural intelligence continues to expand across the globe. If you wish to conduct academic research aimed at publication in scholarly journals, please contact us for more information on using our copyrighted CQ scales.

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We are continuously updating our blog with news, information and research. Check back often to learn more about what is happening in the world of CQ and how we continue working to advance our understanding of cultural intelligence.

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Complimentary Cultural Intelligence for Leaders Packet

Learn to Lead with Cultural Intelligence

Now, more than ever, companies need effective leaders at all levels of the organization. Being able to bring together and get the best out of team members from different generations, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnic roots, countries, religions, and educational backgrounds requires a Culturally Intelligent Leader.

We have a collection of Cultural Intelligence leadership articles written by social scientist, speaker, and author Dr. David Livermore.  The article topics include:

  • 5 Questions Culturally Intelligent Leaders Ask Themselves Every Day
  • Leadership Advice You Should Ignore
  • How Culturally Intelligent Leaders Make Decisions

About the Author

David Livermore, PhD (Michigan State University) is a social scientist devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence (CQ) and global leadership and the author of several award-winning books. Learn more about Dr. David Livermore by visiting his website.

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