Cultural Intelligence as a Congruent to Cross- cultural Adjustment, Decision Making Styles and Academic Achievement: A Triangulation Study of Foreign Students in Punjab
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship of cultural
intelligence with different variables i.e. cross-cultural adjustment, decision
making styles and academic achievement of foreign students studying in
Punjab. The data were collected from six universities of Punjab with two
major considerations i.e. the universities where foreign students were
available and the universities who gave their consent for data collection.
Convergent parallel design of mixed method research was applied and both
qualitative as well as qualitative data were collected simultaneously from
foreign students, their Indian peers and teachers. The quantitative data
were collected from 350 foreign students with reference to their proportional
representation in the selected universities. To obtain the comprehensive
information, case studies of 22 foreign students were also conducted. The
results of the study revealed that foreign students studying in Punjab have
average level of cultural intelligence, cross-cultural adjustment and
academic achievement. It was also found that there exists no significant
difference in the cultural intelligence, cross cultural adjustment, academic
achievement and decision-making styles of foreign students studying in
Punjab with respect to gender. Both the quantitative as well as qualitative
findings of the study revealed that cultural intelligence of foreign students
studying in Punjab is significantly related with their cross-cultural
adjustment, academic achievement and decision-making styles.
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