Abstract:
Entrepreneurs tend to recognize better opportunities when conscious and appreciative of either the Meta-cognitive or Cognitive cultural intelligence (CQ) dimensions. This exploratory research questioned whether individuals having an Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) with its innovative, pro-active and risk-taking facets are better suited to use their Meta-Cognitive and Cognitive CQ capabilities in the recognition of opportunities in a culturally diversified context during the Covid19 pandemic. In other words, the main aim behind the present study was to determine whether EO moderates positively or negatively the relationship of Meta-Cognitive CQ-OR and Cognitive CQ-OR. Based on a sample of 515 observations from the MENA region, results showed that there was a strong relationship between the Meta-Cognitive dimension of CQ and Opportunity Recognition and the Cognitive dimension of CQ and Opportunity Recognition (OR). These two positive relationships were both moderated one positively (Cognitive CQ-OR) and the other negatively (Meta-Cognitive CQ-OR) by Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO).
