THE RELATIONSHIP OF CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE, STUDENT’S INNOVATIVE WORK BEHAVIOR AND THE INFLUENCE OF INTERPERSONAL TRUST: STUDY CASE OF INDONESIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT MOBILITY AWARDS

• Main Author: Putri Humaira, Feodora
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/76921
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Rapidly shifting market due to globalization increases the nation’s demand for young innovators. Innovators from Generation Z is needed to support the future growth of Indonesia. There are several initiatives from the government to elevate Indonesian education to grow innovations such as establishing international student mobility scholarship program for the higher education students. However, there are still unclear research about how the program can increase innovative work behavior for the Indonesian students. The purpose of this research is to investigate how Indonesian students perceive the impact of international student mobility on their innovative work behavior focusing on the role of cultural intelligence and its effect on innovative work behavior through interpersonal trust. A quantitative approach was adopted for this study to examine the relationships between the variables with the assistance of SmartPLS 4.0 software. Online questionnaire was distributed to 302 respondents consisted of Indonesian students that had completed Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards program in 2022 from all host country region. This study demonstrates that students with higher cultural intelligence exhibit a positive influence on their individual innovative work behavior. Interpersonal trust also influences the process as a mediating role in the relationship between cultural intelligence and innovative work behavior among students in multicultural environment. This study can be a reference for future research and stakeholders to improve education quality by focusing on the impact of cultural intelligence on students’ innovative work behavior in the context of cross-cultural interaction specifically Indonesian students that participates international student mobility program from the Indonesian government. Such research has not been explored extensively beforehand, making this study valuable addition to pedagogy and management science field.