2. The last two decades have seen a proliferation of research frameworks that emphasise the importance 3. of understanding adaptive processes that happen at different levels. We contribute to this growing 4. body of literature by exploring how cultural (mal)adaptive dynamics relate to multilevel 5. social-ecological processes occurring at different scales, where the lower levels combine into ne...

present study aimed to investigate the effect of cultural and emotional intelligence on performance of county employees working in tehran considering the mediator role of cross cultural adaptation. this study is a descriptive research. the study sample consists of managers (120) and county employees (700) working in private companies in the computer industry and mobile, given the limited number...

We enhance the theoretical precision of cultural intelligence (CQ: capability to function effectively in culturally diverse settings) by developing and testing a model that posits differential relationships between the four CQ dimensions (metacognitive, cognitive, motivational and behavioural) and three intercultural effectiveness outcomes (cultural judgment and decision making, cultural adapta...

The Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS) was initially developed in Canada and, although it has been previously used in Brazil, the scale has not been adequately adapted and validated for use in the country. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to perform the cross-cultural adaptation and clinical validation of the NIPS for use in the Brazilian population. The instrument was adapted based ...

Cultural evolution is a complex process that can happen at several levels. At the level of individuals in a population, each human bears a set of cultural traits that he or she can transmit to its offspring (vertical transmission) or to other members of his or her society (horizontal transmission). The relative frequency of a cultural trait in a population or society can thus increase or decrea...