The Relationship between the Personality Traits and Cultural Intelligence of Primary School Teachers of the Department of Education and Training in Bojnourd, 2014

Abstract

The purpose of the present research is to study the relationship between the personality traits and cultural intelligence of primary school teachers of Department of Education and training in Bojnourd in 2014. Methodology: The current research methodology is Descriptive and Correlation research. The research question is to investigate whether there is any statistically significant relationship between the personality traits and cultural intelligence of primary school teachers of the department of education and training in Bojnourd in 2014 which is addressed by developing five alternative hypotheses about big five personality traits. The research population consists of 147 participants chosen through simple Random sampling among which 120 candidates were selected as the sample population according to Cochran’s Sample Size Formula. As the data collection tools, the researchers used two different questionnaires, whose validity has been already approved by professors and experts in the field and whose reliability was estimated through Cronbach Alpha Coefficient indexing 0.85 and 0.78 respectively in earlier studies, for the research variables namely Personality Traits and Cultural Intelligence; the required data for the former variable was collected using NEO Personality Questionnaire and a Cultural Intelligence Standardized Questionnaire developed by Badi’ et al was used for the latter variable. Results: For the purpose of this study, the standardized questionnaire was analysed, the reliability of which was accordingly estimated as having %95 correlation coefficient by means of Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient reliability estimation. To analyse the data, Descriptive Statistics including statistical indices of Frequency Distribution Table, Percentage and Charts as well as Inferential Statistics including Horizontal Bar Charts, Pearson Correlation Test and Friedman Test, were both used. Conclusion: According to the estimated correlation coefficient and the significant level showing 0.698 and 0.5 values, the results indicated that there is a statistically significant relationship between the personality traits and cultural intelligence of primary school teachers.