Studying the Relationship Between Cultural Intelligence and Social Self-Efficacy (Case Study: Ilam University Students)

The present article focuses on the relationship between dimensions of cultural intelligence and social self-efficacy among students of Ilam University. The method of the survey is correlational and the statistical community of this study included 4029 of university students of human sciences, agriculture, technical and engineering faculties in Ilam University. The subjects are 292 persons (18 boy and 174 girls) using corgi, Morgan and Cohen table and stratified sampling. The researcher distributed Cultural intelligence questionnaire (CQ) including 20 questions and social self-efficacy questionnaire including 25 questions. The results of the article indicate a significant relationship between social self-efficacy and cultural intelligence in three phases: motivational, strategic and behavioral variables. The author of the research concludes that there is a relationship between dimensions of cultural intelligence and social self-efficacy. Therefore, identifying the rate of group self-efficacy among university students and strengthening its various aspects are effective in developing different motivational, behavioral and strategic dimensions of cultural intelligence. A meaningful portion of one's cultural intelligence is based on education and acquiring, but a little portion of one's cultural intelligence is related to natural-inherent.