| This quantitative study examined cultural intelligence and communication self-efficacy as learning outcomes of study abroad programs. In particular, the impact of study abroad and particular components of study abroad programs on changes in students' cultural intelligence and self efficacy in communication were investigated. Students participating in January-term, semester and summer study abroad programs through CEA (Cultural Experiences Abroad) in fourteen countries were surveyed using a pre-test post-test design. The study used two survey instruments, the Four Factor Cultural Intelligence Scale (Ang, Van Dyne, Koh, & Ng, 2004), and the Sojourner Self-Efficacy in Communication Scale (Milstein, 2005) and a demographic questionnaire to collect data. The study hypothesized that increases in cultural intelligence and communication self-efficacy may be positively related with study abroad; that self-efficacy may be positively correlated with motivational cultural intelligence; and that there is a positive relationship between increases in cultural intelligence and communication self-efficacy and study abroad program components. Results of the study support these hypotheses, in particular, the study found that increases in students' cultural intelligence and communication self-efficacy were correlated with entry level target language competence, housing, and academic context. However, there was no significant correlation found between increases in students' cultural intelligence and communication self-efficacy and program duration or student participation in cultural activities. |
