What "Does Having Close Friends from Abroad" Mean for the Intercultural Competencies: A New View on the Antecedents of Cultural Intelligence

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/11/569" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/11/569</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci13110569" target="_blank" >10.3390/socsci13110569</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

What "Does Having Close Friends from Abroad" Mean for the Intercultural Competencies: A New View on the Antecedents of Cultural Intelligence

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The study analyzes the impact of intercultural friendship on cultural intelligence (CQ), which is defined as an individual’s ability to operate effectively in a new intercultural environment. Two hypotheses were tested using an online questionnaire completed in the autumn of 2022 by 358 university students from a private university in Prague, Czech Republic. The participants represented 26 countries, with the majority being Czech nationals. The hypotheses were as follows: (1) overall cultural intelligence, and (2) all its components (metacognitive, cognitive, motivational, and behavioral) would be higher or lower depending on whether individuals had close social ties, operationalized by the binary variable “intercultural friendship”. The first hypothesis was confirmed. However, the second hypothesis was only supported for the motivational and cognitive facets of CQ. Our results indicate that CQ is fundamentally a relational construct, developing primarily through contact with members of other cultures. Contextual factors, such as language skills, travel to foreign countries, residence abroad, and the frequency of intercultural contacts, create situational prerequisites for establishing closer intercultural relationships. However, they do not contribute directly to the development of intercultural skills but rather do so indirectly through these relationships.

Název v anglickém jazyce

What "Does Having Close Friends from Abroad" Mean for the Intercultural Competencies: A New View on the Antecedents of Cultural Intelligence

Popis výsledku anglicky

The study analyzes the impact of intercultural friendship on cultural intelligence (CQ), which is defined as an individual’s ability to operate effectively in a new intercultural environment. Two hypotheses were tested using an online questionnaire completed in the autumn of 2022 by 358 university students from a private university in Prague, Czech Republic. The participants represented 26 countries, with the majority being Czech nationals. The hypotheses were as follows: (1) overall cultural intelligence, and (2) all its components (metacognitive, cognitive, motivational, and behavioral) would be higher or lower depending on whether individuals had close social ties, operationalized by the binary variable “intercultural friendship”. The first hypothesis was confirmed. However, the second hypothesis was only supported for the motivational and cognitive facets of CQ. Our results indicate that CQ is fundamentally a relational construct, developing primarily through contact with members of other cultures. Contextual factors, such as language skills, travel to foreign countries, residence abroad, and the frequency of intercultural contacts, create situational prerequisites for establishing closer intercultural relationships. However, they do not contribute directly to the development of intercultural skills but rather do so indirectly through these relationships.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30220 - Andrology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Social Sciences

ISSN

2076-0760

e-ISSN

2076-0760

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

11

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

1-16

Kód UT WoS článku

001366038200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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