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  • Cross-cultural Psychology
  • Organizational Behavior

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  • Cultural intelligence (CQ) is crucial for navigating diverse interactions.
  • Existing CQ measures may not fully capture performance under optimal conditions.
  • A need exists for validated, maximum-performance assessments of CQ.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To perform construct validation and psychometric assessment of a novel maximum-performance test of cultural intelligence.
  • To examine the relationship between the new CQ test and other cognitive and personality measures.
  • To determine if CQ has distinct maximum-performance and typical-performance components.

Main Methods:

  • Development and administration of a maximum-performance test designed to measure cultural intelligence.
  • Assessment of the test's internal consistency and psychometric properties.
  • Correlational analysis with established measures of cognitive abilities, typical-performance CQ, and personality traits (e.g., openness to experience).

Main Results:

  • The maximum-performance CQ test demonstrated good internal consistency.
  • The test significantly correlated with other maximum-performance ability tests.
  • Correlations with typical-performance tests, including other CQ measures and openness to experience, were low or non-existent.
  • The new test appears to measure a construct distinct from other cognitive ability tests.

Conclusions:

  • The developed maximum-performance test is a psychometrically sound measure of cultural intelligence.
  • Cultural intelligence likely encompasses both maximum-performance and typical-performance dimensions.
  • Further research should explore the distinct contributions of these two CQ aspects in various contexts.