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innovation behavior deserve more attention. An employee’s
ability to manage cultural diversity is a part of individual abi-
lity that deserves special attention. To explore the reality that
some people communicate and perform better than others in
the context of cultural diversity, Earley and Ang (2003) propo-
sed the concept of “Cultural Intelligence” (CQ), defining it as
an individual’s ability to play a role and effectively manage in
the context of cross-cultural environment or cultural diversity
(Earley, Ang, 2003). Scholarly studies have shown that indivi-
duals with higher cultural intelligence have higher job perfor-
mance with respect to cross-cultural adaptation, cross-cultural
communication, and job adjustment (Ang, Van, Koh, 2006;
Jyoti, Kour, 2017). CQ also impacts an individual psycholo-
gical well-being, interpersonal trust, and knowledge interac-
tion (Ott, Michailova, 2018, Acar, Tarakci, Van-Knippenberg,
2019). Therefore, as a unique index of individual ability and
as an indicator of cross-cultural interaction ability, cultural in-
telligence has received more attention by scholars. However,
few studies have examined how cultural intelligence affects
employees’ sustained innovation behavior, leading to a lack of
understanding of this area.
Knowledge sharing is defined here as individual beha-
viors that help others or cooperate with others to solve pro-
blems and conceive new ideas by sharing information and
knowledge (Cummings, 2004). Factors influencing knowledge
sharing include subjective factors, knowledge characteristics,
organizational factors, and situational factors. Knowledge sha-
ring impacts the output, competitiveness, and performance of
individuals, teams, and organizations (Foss, Husted, Michailo-
va, 2010; Kim , Lee, 2006; Ahmad, 2019). Some studies have
demonstrated the impact of knowledge sharing on employees’
innovation behaviors, particularly focusing on its bridging role
as an intermediary factor (Jin , Sun, 2010; Wang, Noe, 2010).
This study focuses on the issue of knowledge sharing from the
perspective of cultural diversity, and examines the influence of
individual CQ on knowledge sharing behavior and willingness.

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