Discerning Cultural Intelligence with Thinking Styles

Abstract

Cultural intelligence is the extremity of the hour as it has shared its importance in individuals living in various cultures to be succeed at individual and organizational level. The present study aims to explore the utility of measuring cultural intelligence in affinity to thinking styles. Cultural Intelligence Test and Thinking Styles Inventory were administered on 180 undergraduate students.  The study suggests that it is meaningful to investigate cultural intelligence in relation to thinking styles. Correlational and Discriminant Analysis were applied to identify the variables which predict impact of cultural intelligence on thinking styles. Results revealed that an individual with high cultural intelligence supports judicial, hierarchical, conservative, oligarchic, anarchic, external and executive thinking styles. On the other hand   individuals with low cultural intelligence possess monarchic, internal, liberal and global thinking styles.