The Relationship between Cultural Intelligence and Effectiveness with the Innovation Levels among Principals of Eastern Tehran District

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between principals' effectiveness and cultural intelligence and the levels of their innovation in the primary schools of eastern Tehran. This study was conducted within a descriptive framework and through correlation. The statistical population included all of the Principals of Eastern Tehran (n=335). From this population 181 individuals were selected through Morgan table and through random cluster sampling method .The data were collected by three questionnaires: (1) Innovation Standard Questionnaire designed by Saatchi and his colleagues (2012) with the reliability of .879; (2) the researcher made cultural intelligence questionnaire with 18 items and the reliability of .887; and (3) the researcher made cultural intelligence that included 22 items and the reliability of .954. The reliability coefficients of the questionnaire were obtained through Cronbach's alpha. The collected data were analyzed on the descriptive and inferential levels by SPSS and Pearson correlation coefficient as well as multiple regression and ANOVA. The results of this study revealed that there is a significant and positive relationship between cultural; intelligence and effectiveness. That is higher levels of cultural intelligence could lead to more effectiveness. In addition, there were positive and significant relationships between innovation and cultural intelligence as well as innovation and effectiveness. Finally, there were positive and significant relationships among innovation, cultural intelligence, and effectiveness. In other words, people with higher cultural intelligence and effectiveness would probably show more innovation. The results of regression analysis indicated that the innovation levels among the principals could be predicted by effectiveness and cultural intelligences. The Pearson correlation showed a significant and positive relationship among these three variables which implies that increasing the effectiveness and cultural intelligence could lead to improvement of innovation.