The relationship between cultural intelligence and team effectiveness: a case of Ministry of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development Trade and Investment Sarawak (MIETI) / Muhammad Raimi Kamal

The objective of this study was to find out the relationship between cultural intelligence and team effectiveness. The main objective of this study is to identify the relationship between cultural intelligence and team effectiveness. This study involved 104 support staff at the Ministry of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Investment Sarawak (MIETI) as the respondents of this survey. The data collection method was questionnaire survey that was be distributed to all the 104 support staff at MIETI. Reliability test for the instrument used was done using the SPSS version 22. The results showed that the strategy CQ (r-0.317) and motivation CQ (r=0.375) have a positive, moderate and has a significant relationship with team effectiveness meanwhile knowledge CQ (r=0.018) has a positive, low and no significant relationship and for the behavior CQ (r = - 0.107) showed a negative, low and no significant relationship with team effectiveness. It is recommended that future researchers should expand the number of respondents and conduct the future research in a private organization.