Cultural Intelligence and Team Effectiveness: A Study of Sports Club Managers in Tehran

With new technological advancements, organizations need managers that are familiar with different cultures and can relate and work effectively across cultures. Managers that understand the value of cultural intelligence can use cultural diversity to achieve higher organizational goals. The purpose of the present research was to examine the relationship between cultural intelligence and team effectiveness in 170 managers of sports clubs affiliated with Tehran Municipality. Data were collected using Cultural Intelligence Scale and Team Effectiveness Questionnaire (with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.84 and 0.77 respectively) and were analyzed in LISREL. The data were analyzed using descriptive (mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentage) and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient and factor analysis) in LISREL software. Given the significance of t-value, there is a significant relationship between meta-cognitive, cognitive, and motivational aspects of cultural intelligence and team effectiveness at the 95% confidence interval. The results also suggest that the model fits the data, as ଶ , RMSEA, and ଶ / are low and GFI and AGFI are higher than 90%. However, there is no significant relationship between the behavioral aspect of cultural intelligence and team effectiveness at the 95% confidence and interval.