Abstract:

The socio-cultural transformations in today's world are continuously increasing the intensity of the debate around the intercultural communication concept. While the importance of being open to different thoughts is gradually increasing, the role of cultural intelligence that points to the ability to be adaptable to different cultures and to interact in different cultural environments has cropped up. Cultural intelligence means to focus on individuals’ awareness and abilities to be successful which provides effectiveness, efficiency and success in a multicultural environment. Cultural awareness and skills are decisive in terms of the establishment of a democratic and dialogic public sphere in a multicultural country. This paper aims to survey the cultural intelligence (CQ) level of students of Kyrgyz National University named after Jusup Balasagyn, Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University and American University in Central Asia in Bishkek. As known, Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan with multinational population. The demographic structure of university students (respondents) consists of citizens of both Kyrgyzstan and other countries such as Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, China, Russia and Turkey. In this study Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS) developed by Ang and others (2007) was implemented, and obtained data will be analyzed with multivariate statistical techniques.

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