IMPACT OF CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & PERCEIVED PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AMONG EDUCATORS

Abstract

In recent years globalization and greater cultural diversity has significantly impacted the major organizational of a society. Educators are the fundamental building block of an education system, significantly influencing the learners as well as the overall quality of education. Therefore, the current study focused on the impact of cultural intelligence specifically on the emotional regulation, and perceived psychological safety of educators in Pakistan. A correlational research design was conducted to determine the relationship of cultural intelligence with emotion regulation and psychological safety among educators. The data was collected from different government, semi-government and private institutes of Rawalpindi and Islamabad through non-probability purposive sampling. The targeted demographic variables included gender, age, highest academic qualification, nature of job, and current teaching level. Cultural intelligence, emotion regulation, and psychological safety were assessed using statistically standardized self-report measures. The outcomes of the research indicated significant positive relationship of Cultural intelligence with both emotion regulation and psychological safety, suggesting that educators with higher cultural intelligence also reported better emotion regulation and greater psychological safety in their working environment. Linear regression analyses showed that cultural intelligence significantly predicted both emotion regulation and psychological safety among educators. These findings highlighted the importance of cultural intelligence in understanding emotion regulation and psychological safety among educators and suggested that culturally sensitive training programs focusing on intercultural competencies and emotion regulation strategies may improve educators’ professional well-being and create more inclusive and supportive educational environments.