The Relationship of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) with IQ and EQ

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Personal characteristics - such as cognitive ability and emotional intelligence - facilitate the process of acquiring particular types of information. But when you're working in an international or intercultural environment, these two characteristics are not sufficient. In such circumstances is needed as well. In fact, CQ can have a reinforcing effect on both your cognitive abilities and your EQ. How? - Cognitive abilities. These include the ability to solve problems, to explain and think in an abstract way so that certain types of information can be processed accurately. However, there is one specific important weakness if CQ is not present simultaneously: cognitive abilities do not entail the ability to process inter personally important information (information out of social interactions, especially among different cultures). For that CQ is required. - Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Includes the ability to assess one’s or someone else's emotions and to appropriately respon (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Joanne Filancia, Student (Other), Denmark
	(When) Cultural Intelligence is Needed I wholeheartedly agree. CQ requires that you proce (...)

		Metin , Student (MBA), Turkey
	Cross-cultural Studies and Cultural Intelligence The way you describe CQ is well constructed. Sinc (...)

		Eyal Policar, Entrepreneur, Israel
	Diversification Perfect.. Well said.. Culture is about understandi (...)

		Bill Johnson, United States
	Cross Cultural Communications I was assigned to The Netherlands twice for three (...)

		swamy, Professor, India
	Personality Includes All Qs A good thought!, congrats! Ultimately it tells ab (...)

		Charles Alter, Consultant, United States
	Cultural Intelligence in EQ and IQ Very interesting discussion about adding Cultural (...)

		antonio esquivias villalobos, Teacher, Spain
	Cultural Intelligence versus Emotional Intelligence Muy interesante y clara la afirmación. Sin embargo (...)

		richard lopez, Student (University), United States
	IQ, EQ and CQ; a Symbiotic Relationship An interesting topic. I have not considered CQ as (...)

		Alejandro Torres, Management Consultant, Colombia
	EQ, CQ and Cultural Awareness Indeed the issue here is that EQ should not be use (...)

		deborah rodriguez
	Communications, Media, Cross-Cultural @ Ethics Major Studies I am a student of life and an academic professiona (...)

		sam katz, United States
	Understanding Culture Cognitive Intell = the ability/skill to "think" th (...)

		karl writer
	Is Cultural Intelligence a Separate Subsystem of Kaheman´s System 1? In the book "" Daniel Kahneman wrote. We will take (...)

		kvssiyer, Consultant, India
	Influence of Cultural Quotient on IQ and EQ EQ and IQ have definite influence on the CQ. And l (...)

		vincenzo de vera, Manager, Italy
	Interaction between IQ, EQ and CQ All Qs interact with one another in a very persona (...)

		Maryam Bidmeshgipour, Student (Other), Malaysia
	Cultural Intelligence Elements @: Thanks for sharing your experience. Will you ex (...)

		Maryam Bidmeshgipour, Student (Other), Malaysia
	Cultural Elements @: Thanks for your comments. I feel it's time we a (...)

		karl writer
	Phenomenological Concept of Emotional Intelligence In many respects it is a terminology question. If (...)

		De Monte, Canada
	Cultural Intelligence Feedback Agree, with a proviso/assumption/presumption. The (...)

		Vincent Miholic, Manager, United States
	Norming and C-E-I Quing Always illustrative to return to classic definitio (...)

		Onyangore Peter Ogendi, Teacher, Kenya
	Fertile Ground for Deep Research This is a well thought and fertile ground for furt (...)

		deborah rodriguez
	Phenomenological Concept of Emotional Intelligence @: I can appreciate your post on the value of empa (...)

		karl writer
	CQ is a Separate Intelligence from IQ and EQ The brain can process information rapidly (instinc (...)

		Gregory Johnson, Coach, United States
	Cultural Intelligence and RESPECT CQ is an interesting and long overdue topical area (...)