When do global leaders learn best to develop cultural intelligence? An investigation of the moderating role of experiential learning style

Li, Ming; Mobley, William H.; Kelly, Aidan

Abstract

Cultural intelligence is believed to be an important quality for global leaders. To understand how this quality can be developed from international experience, our study employs experiential learning theory to analyze the learning process. We hypothesize that the extent to which the length of overseas work experience contributes to the development of cultural intelligence varies depending on the executives' learning styles. Analyses of data collected from 294 international executives and graduate business students in China and Ireland indicated that the positive relationship between the length of overseas experience and cultural intelligence is strengthened when global executives have a divergent learning style, not when they have an assimilative, convergent, or accommodative learning style.

Citation

Li, M., Mobley, W. H., & Kelly, A. (2013). When do global leaders learn best to develop cultural intelligence? An investigation of the moderating role of experiential learning style. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 12(1), 32-50. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2011.0014

• Acceptance Date: May 3, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Jul 20, 2012
• Publication Date: Mar 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Nov 13, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Academy of management learning & education
• Print ISSN: 1537-260X
• Electronic ISSN: 1944-9585
• Publisher: Academy of Management
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 32-50
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2011.0014
• Keywords: Cultural Intelligence; Experiential learning; International experience; Learning style; Moderation
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/470913
• Publisher URL: http://amle.aom.org/content/12/1/32
• Additional Information: Author's accepted manuscript of article published in: Academy of management learning & education, 2013, v.12, issue 1
• Contract Date: Nov 23, 2017