Predicting multicultural effectiveness of international students: The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire

Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven; K.I. Van der Zee

doi:10.1016/S0147-1767(02)00041-X

Predicting multicultural effectiveness of international students: The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire

Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven^*, K.I. Van der Zee

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The present study considered the reliability and validity of the 78-item revised version of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire, a multidimensional instrument aimed at measuring multicultural effectiveness of expatriate employees and students. The questionnaire includes scales for cultural empathy, open-mindedness, emotional stability, social initiative and flexibility. Participants were native and foreign students of an international business school (N = 171) in the Netherlands. The MPQ scales appeared to be more strongly predictive of adjustment of international students as compared to native students. Moreover, the instrument was able to explain variance in students' adjustment beyond self-efficacy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	679-694
Number of pages	16
Journal	International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume	26
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-1767(02)00041-X
Publication status	Published - Nov 2002

Keywords

Cultural empathy
Emotional stability
Flexibility
International students
Multicultural effectiveness
Multicultural Personality Questionnaire
Open-mindedness
Social initiative

UN SDGs

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