This study was designed to explore the relation pattern of cultural intelligence, cultural identity, autonomy, and self-efficacy and second language achievement of Iranian EFL learners. The participants were 247 undergraduate students. Data were collected nationwide, from different parts of Iran; that is, from Kerman, south of Iran; Hamadan, west of Iran; Mashhad, east of Iran; and Gorgon, nort...

One of the most puzzling features of the prehistoric record of hominid stone tools is its apparent punctuation: it consists of abrupt bursts of dramatic change that separate long periods of largely unchanging technology. Within each such period, small punctuated cultural modifications take place. Punctuation on multiple timescales and magnitudes is also found in cultural trajectories from histo...

This article examines one of the key competences of the 21th century, called cultural intelligence. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between cultural intelligence, organizational culture and the effectiveness of staff in the industry, mine and trade organization of Semnan province. The research method is correlation, and statistical population of the research includes st...

This article examines one of the key competences of the 21th century, called cultural intelligence. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between cultural intelligence, organizational culture and the effectiveness of staff in the industry, mine and trade organization of Semnan province. The research method is correlation, and statistical population of the research includes st...

Seen from a macro-dynamic point of view, the birth of modern society can be situated in the second half of the eighteenth century. To describe the basic characteristics of modern society, two levels should be distinguished, viz. the structural and the cultural level. According to the late Talcott Parsons, the dominant value pattern of modern society is the cultural pattern of instrumental activ...

The phenomenon of intercultural communication has been the subject of a great deal of research in the field of ESL education; however, the research has been primarily focused on the incorporation of target culture in foreign language curriculum. Starting with the current situation of cultural awareness, this paper stresses the importance of establishing cultural subjectivity so as to adopt the ...

Although genetic information is acquired only once, cultural information can be both abandoned and reacquired during an individual's lifetime. Therefore, cultural evolution will be determined not only by cultural traits' ability to spread but also by how good they are at sticking with an individual; however, the evolutionary consequences of this aspect of culture have not previously been explor...