ABSTRACT
Cultural intelligence, a form of human intelligence, has been described as an individual’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and capability to effectively manage themselves and others in cross-cultural situations and environments. Cultural intelligence finds its theoretical uniqueness by systematically defining the interconnected process by which motivation, cultural knowledge, cross-cultural behavior, and cultural metacognitive ability converge to result in effective cross-cultural interactions. Research has demonstrated that cultural intelligence is learnable, which lends itself to professional development initiatives in an organizational setting. Amid ever increasing globalization of worker migration, cultural differences pose a genuine challenge to successful occupational safety and health (OSH) management. Empirical research should seek to study its predictive validity for successful OSH management across cross-cultural settings. Future research into cross-cultural OSH management theory building and hypothesis development is encouraged. A valid source of declarative, content-specific knowledge is included within the long history of value-based, cross-cultural research.
