Analysis of the relationship between cultural intelligence and achievement motivation of sport event volunteers

The Purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of cultural intelligence and achievement motivation of sport event volunteers based on regression analysis. The method applied in this research was descriptive – correlation. The statistical population consisted of Sport Volunteers at the 11th Iranian Universities Sport Olympiad in summer 2012. Because of low statistical population as the sample population was considered (n=N). The research Instruments was the “cultural intelligence questionnaire” (CCI, 2005) comprised 20 items and “achievement motivation questionnaire” (McClelland) comprised 11 items. The content and face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by expert university panel. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to test the reliability of the questionnaires in pilot study. The reliability of cultural intelligence questionnaire and achievement motivation questionnaire was 0.72 and 0.74 respectively. The result of regression analysis showed that metacognitive CI and motivational CI was explaining %24 variance of achievement motivation (F (2,117) = 19.39, p 0.001; R² = 0.249). The results of this study can be creation of good vision about the importance of developing cultural intelligence and achievement motivation in volunteer management and to be used in appropriate human resource strategies that are involved in cross-cultural interactions and the open field a new course for university studies.