Table 8.

Cultural Intelligence Scale (original and modified)

	Subscale	Item
1	Motivational Cultural Intelligence: Drive	I enjoy interacting with people from different cultures*
2	Motivational Cultural Intelligence: Drive	I am confident that I can socialize with locals in a culture that is unfamiliar to me*
3	Motivational Cultural Intelligence: Drive	I am sure I can deal with the stresses of adjusting to a culture that is new to me
4	Motivational Cultural Intelligence: Drive	I enjoy living in cultures that are unfamiliar to me
5	Motivational Cultural Intelligence: Drive	I am confident that I can get accustomed to the shopping conditions in a different culture
6	Cognitive Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge	I know the legal and economic systems of other cultures*
7	Cognitive Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge	I know the rules (e.g., vocabulary, grammar) of other languages*
8	Cognitive Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge	I know the cultural values and religious beliefs of other cultures*
9	Cognitive Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge	I know the marriage systems of other cultures
10	Cognitive Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge	I know the arts and crafts of other cultures
11	Cognitive Cultural Intelligence: Knowledge	I know the rules for expressing non-verbal behaviors in other cultures
12	Metacognitive Cultural Intelligence: Strategy	I am conscious of the cultural knowledge I use when interacting with people with different cultural backgrounds
13	Metacognitive Cultural Intelligence: Strategy	I adjust my cultural knowledge as I interact with people from a culture that is unfamiliar to me*
14	Metacognitive Cultural Intelligence: Strategy	I am conscious of the cultural knowledge I apply to cross-cultural interactions
15	Metacognitive Cultural Intelligence: Strategy	I check the accuracy of my cultural knowledge as I interact with people from different cultures*
16	Behavioral Cultural Intelligence: Action	I change my verbal behavior (e.g., accent, tone) when a cross-cultural interaction requires it*
17	Behavioral Cultural Intelligence: Action	I use pause and silence differently to suit different cross-cultural situations*
18	Behavioral Cultural Intelligence: Action	I vary the rate of my speaking when a cross-cultural situation requires it
19	Behavioral Cultural Intelligence: Action	I change my non-verbal behavior when a cross-cultural situation requires it*
20	Behavioral Cultural Intelligence: Action	I alter my facial expressions when a cross-cultural interaction requires it

Anywhere the word “culture” was used in an item, the word was changed to “Indigenous cultures”

*Ten items were selected for this study