THE EFFECT OF BEHAVIORAL CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE, PERSONALITY, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ON PERCEIVED WELL-BEING AMONG INTERNATIONAL CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THAILAND
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Globalization and increased economic interdependence have correlation. “Culture intelligence” and “Well-being” are increasingly valued by multinational companies as well as educational institutions. Nowadays, international programs are proliferating at universities throughout Thailand. This paper analyzed the factors of subjective Well-being for International Chinese College Students, including the relationship between cultural intelligence, NEO personality inventory and subjective Well-being. The participants included 264 International Chinese College Students (ICCS) who were enrolled in two Thai universities. This paper resulted in several findings: behavioral cultural intelligence has significant effects on SWB, while motivational cultural intelligence has no significant effects on SWB. Openness to experience has a positive impact on SWB, while neuroticism has a negative impact on SWB. Besides, ICCSs exhibited higher academic performance, meaning they received higher scores for SWB. Moreover, the older ICCSs received higher SWB scores. These findings add to the debate about cultural intelligence and how it may negatively impact subjective well-being. This paper concluded which factors most significantly affected ICCS’s SWB. The results of this research can be used for university reference in the future.
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