Abstract
The role of cultural intelligence in activating employees’ innovative work behavior is yet to be explored in the innovation research. The purpose of this preliminary study is to examine how cultural intelligence boosts employees’ innovative work behavior through work engagement and interpersonal trust. Data were collected via a questionnaire survey from 381 multinational organization employees in Saudi Arabia. The findings reveal that cultural intelligence is positively related to innovative work behavior. Moreover, both work engagement and interpersonal trust played partial mediating roles in the cultural intelligence-innovative work behavior relationship. The findings advance the literature on individual innovation by studying an underexplored type of intelligence (cultural intelligence) in relation to employee innovative work behavior. They also extend our knowledge of the antecedents of innovative work behavior. Practical implications are discussed at the end.
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