Global Leadership
"Diagnosing Your Cultural Intelligence"
What does the DYCI test tell me about my competencies? There are some interesting responses one can make, for example: a) I agree that when "unexpected" things happen while meeting a person from another culture that experience should be chalked up as a learning moment; b) I strongly disagree that I can change my "body language" to "suit people from a different culture; c) I disagree with asking myself what I hope to achieve when meeting a person from another culture and I disagree that I can alter my expression in a new cultural context; and d) I agree I can deal with unfamiliar cultural situations and I disagree that I need to (or can) adapt to the "…lifestyle of a different culture with relative ease" (Earley / Mosakowski).
Diagnosing Your Cultural Intelligence / Multicultural Personality Questionnaire
The differences between the Earley and Mosakowski's test ("Diagnosing Your Cultural Intelligence" - DYCI) (Abele, 2009) and Mendenhall's "Multicultural Personality Questionnaire" (MPQ) (Tamas Consultants) are very obvious in terms of the structure and theory.
The theoretical underpinnings of several questions in the DYCI relate directly to Mendenhall's MPQ. In particular, "Cultural Empathy" -- the #1 personality factor on Mendenhall's Multicultural Personality Questionnaire -- relates to several (if not all) of the questions on the DYCI. For example, theoretically the way to function in a cultural diverse context is to "…acquire some understanding of those cultures" prior to engaging in conversation or any interaction.
In fact, after closer scrutiny,...
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