The purpose of this study is to examine cultural intelligence's (CQ) influence on international business travelers' ability to deal with the strain caused by institutional distance (ID).
The methodology begins with a literature review to establish a framework for discussion by bringing together international business travel, stress, distance, and CQ. A total of 841 participants from Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport were surveyed in order to test the hypotheses.
Results reveal that CQ partially moderates the relationship between ID and travel and job strain.
Furthermore, the research implies that an increase in CQ is not positive in all situations.
This is the first empirical study to examine CQ in the short‐term context of international business travel.
