Pilot Questionnaire on Cross Cultural Experiences and Leadership Development among Female Leaders

【Single-choice question】S1. Do you identify as a woman?

○ Yes

○ No

【Single-choice question】S2. Do you currently, or did you within the past three years, hold formal leadership responsibility (for example, leading a team, project, business unit, or holding key decision responsibility)?

○ Yes

○ No

【Single-choice question】S3. Do you have at least 12 months of substantive cross-cultural work experience involving shared work or outcomes (for example, cross-national, cross-regional/ethnic, multilingual, or cross-national remote collaboration)?

○ Yes

○ No

A1. Main cross-cultural work settings (select all that apply)[Multiple]

International assignment

Work following overseas study

Cross-national project

Cross-national remote team

Multilingual collaboration in Macao or the Greater Bay Area

Domestic multi-ethnic or cross-regional collaboration

Other

【Single-choice question】A2. Cumulative duration of sustained collaborative work in these settings

【Single-choice question】A3. How often do you directly work with people from different cultural backgrounds to solve work problems?

【Single-choice question】A4. In such collaborations, how much responsibility do you hold for decisions, resources, or delivery outcomes?

○ No formal responsibility

○ Provide support

○ Responsible for one workstream

○ Responsible for a project or team

○ Responsible for business or cross-organisational outcomes

【Single-choice question】A5. Can you usually hear the views of local or differently situated stakeholders directly, rather than only through one intermediary?

【Single-choice question】A6. After cross-cultural collaboration, do you have opportunities to receive feedback on decisions, communication, or outcomes?

【Single-choice question】A7. In the past 12 months, did your cross-cultural work require you and others to share responsibility for an observable outcome?

【Single-choice question】CQ1. Before interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds, I consider what cultural knowledge I need.

【Single-choice question】CQ2. During interactions, I adjust my understanding of other cultural backgrounds.

【Single-choice question】CQ3. I am conscious of the cultural assumptions I use in cross-cultural interactions.

【Single-choice question】CQ4. I check whether my understanding of another cultural background is accurate.

【Single-choice question】CQ5. I understand that legal and economic systems in different cultures can affect how work is done.

【Single-choice question】CQ6. I understand that social and political systems in different cultures can affect organisational decisions.

【Single-choice question】CQ7. I understand that business and management practices can differ across cultural settings.

【Single-choice question】CQ8. I understand that rules for non-verbal communication can differ across cultures.

【Single-choice question】CQ9. I understand that cultural values can influence priorities in collaboration.

【Single-choice question】CQ10. I understand that religious or social norms can affect work interactions.

【Single-choice question】CQ11. I enjoy working with people from different cultural backgrounds.

【Single-choice question】CQ12. I am confident that I can build working relationships in unfamiliar cultural settings.

【Single-choice question】CQ13. I am confident that I can deal with work problems among colleagues from different cultural backgrounds.

【Single-choice question】CQ14. I am willing to invest effort in understanding work practices that differ from my own.

【Single-choice question】CQ15. I am willing to remain engaged even when cross-cultural collaboration creates uncertainty.

【Single-choice question】CQ16. When necessary, I adjust my verbal communication so others can understand.

【Single-choice question】CQ17. When necessary, I vary my rate of speaking, pauses, or way of asking questions.

【Single-choice question】CQ18. When necessary, I adjust my non-verbal behaviour.

【Single-choice question】CQ19. I change my communication style to fit work counterparts from different cultural backgrounds.

【Single-choice question】CQ20. I can appropriately adjust facial expressions or body language in cross-cultural interactions.

【Single-choice question】REL1. After a critical cross-cultural incident, I examine my initial assumptions.

【Single-choice question】REL2. I actively look for information that may differ from my first judgement.

【Single-choice question】REL3. I distinguish between issues I can change myself and issues requiring organisational authority or resources.

【Single-choice question】REL4. In a similar later situation, I test one specific adjustment.

【Single-choice question】REL5. I judge whether an adjustment worked from observable consequences, not only from personal feeling.

【Single-choice question】REL6. I turn feedback from others into a leadership action for the next time.

【Single-choice question】IL1. I make time to listen when team members raise work-related questions.

【Single-choice question】IL2. I am generally available when team members need to discuss work issues.

【Single-choice question】IL3. Team members can readily approach me and express concerns.

【Single-choice question】IL4. Before key decisions are finalised, I actively invite views from members with different backgrounds.

【Single-choice question】IL5. I provide more than one way for members to express different views or risks.

【Single-choice question】IL6. I explain which input was adopted, not adopted, or deferred, and why.

【Single-choice question】IL7. I encourage members to point out errors, risks, or inconsistencies.

【Single-choice question】IL8. I value work knowledge from local, frontline, or different professional backgrounds.

【Single-choice question】IL9. I ensure participation occurs before, rather than after, a decision has already been made.

【Single-choice question】CTX1. I have formal decision authority that matches my responsibilities.

【Single-choice question】CTX2. I can access resources needed to implement cross-cultural collaboration.

【Single-choice question】CTX3. In my work, responsibility boundaries for key decisions are usually clear.

【Single-choice question】CTX4. When cross-cultural workload or time-zone demands are high, my organisation can provide appropriate support.

【Single-choice question】GEN1. In leadership work, I have felt that my tone or style was judged more readily than the work facts.

【Single-choice question】GEN2. I have had to make extra effort for others to recognise my decision authority.

【Single-choice question】GEN3. I have been assumed to carry coordination, reassurance, or relationship-maintenance work that was not equally recognised.

【Single-choice question】GEN4. When facing gender-related evaluation, I can redirect discussion to work responsibility and evidence.

【Single-choice question】G1. Age

【Single-choice question】G2. Current leadership level

【Single-choice question】G3. Number of people led directly or through a matrix

【Single-choice question】G5. Current work location

【Single-choice question】G6. Family-business or family-member status

○ Yes

○ No

○ Prefer not to answer

【Single-choice question】G7. Care responsibilities affecting travel or time-zone work

○ Yes

○ No

○ Prefer not to answer