The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the metacognitive, cognitive, motivational and behavioral dimensions of the middle managers’ cultural intelligence (CQ) on firms’ innovation performance in a context of cultural diversity and the mediating role of knowledge sharing in this relationship. The author deepens the analysis by exploring the moderating role of collaborative climate (CC) on the link between CQ and KS.,A survey was conducted on 186 foreign middle managers working in Tunisian firms. The data analysis was performed via the partial least square method.,The results revealed that middle managers’ metacognitive CQ has a positive effect on KS, which in turn enhances firms’ innovation performance. In this line, KS partially mediates the relationship between metacogntive CQ and innovation performance. Findings also indicate that CC moderates the link between three dimensions of CQ, namely metacognitive, behavioral and motivational CQs and KS.,The paper sheds lights on the contribution of middle managers’ CQ and the CC within firms to the KS and innovation performance in a context of cultural diversity. At the best of the author’s knowledge, the links among these variables had not been empirically examined, especially involving samples of middle managers. This study offers important insights for managers by providing them with tools to improve KS and firms’ innovation.

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中层管理者文化智力对企业创新绩效的影响

本文的目的是研究文化背景下中层管理者文化智能（CQ）的元认知，认知，动机和行为维度对企业创新绩效的影响以及知识共享在其中的中介作用关系。通过探索协作环境（CC）在CQ和KS之间的联系中的调节作用，作者加深了分析。对在突尼斯公司工作的186名外国中层管理者进行了调查。通过偏最小二乘方法进行数据分析。结果表明，中层管理者的元认知CQ对KS具有积极影响，反过来又提高了企业的创新绩效。在这一方面，KS部分调解了元认知CQ与创新绩效之间的关系。研究结果还表明，CC可以缓和CQ的三个维度之间的联系，即元认知，行为和动机CQ和KS。本文阐明了中层管理人员的CQ和CC对企业中KS和创新绩效的贡献。文化多样性的背景。据作者所知，尚未对这些变量之间的联系进行经验检验，尤其是涉及中层管理人员的样本。这项研究通过为管理人员提供改善KS和公司创新的工具，为他们提供了重要的见解。据作者所知，尚未对这些变量之间的联系进行经验检验，特别是涉及中层管理人员的样本。这项研究通过为管理人员提供改善KS和公司创新的工具，为他们提供了重要的见解。据作者所知，尚未对这些变量之间的联系进行经验检验，特别是涉及中层管理人员的样本。这项研究通过为管理人员提供改善KS和公司创新的工具，为他们提供了重要的见解。