The assessment of cross-cultural competence (3C) and related constructs is of vital importance for both theoretical and practical reasons. The present review was undertaken to evaluate the quality of instrumentation designed to measure individuals’ capabilities for living and working successfully in cross-cultural contexts. The psychometric properties of five instruments deemed most important, useful, and visible in the field were evaluated with a focus on 3C measurement literature that became available since the publication of reviews by Gabrenya and colleagues (2013) and Matsumoto and Hwang (2013). Findings regarding the quality of 3C measures were mixed. First, we found that convergent validity was generally good across instruments and most showed reasonable criterion validity. However, discriminant validity was lacking in several instruments. The internal structures of instruments claiming to assess multiple constructs through subdimensions was in most cases poor. Content and face validity varied widely. Cross-cultural measurement equivalence was found to be poor in the limited research conducted on this important issue, as adaptation of instruments for use outside the culture in which they were developed rarely extends beyond the use of back-translation procedures. We suggest alternate approaches to assessing 3C and evaluating the validity of 3C instruments based on modeling sojourner outcomes such as expatriate adjustment and performance.

出于理论和实践原因，对跨文化能力（3C）和相关结构的评估至关重要。本次审查旨在评估仪器的质量，该仪器旨在衡量个人在跨文化背景下成功生活和工作的能力。自从Gabrenya及其同事（2013年）和Matsumoto and Hwang（2013年）发表评论以来，已经评估了五种被认为在该领域最重要，有用和可见的仪器的心理测量特性，重点是3C测量文献。关于3C措施质量的发现参差不齐。首先，我们发现收敛效度通常在各种工具上都很好，并且大多数表现出合理的准则效度。但是，在几种工具中缺乏判别效度。在大多数情况下，声称通过子维度评估多种构造的文书的内部结构很差。内容和面部有效性差异很大。在对这一重要问题进行的有限研究中，发现跨文化测量的等效性很差，因为在发展这种文化的文化以外使用的工具改编很少会超出使用反向翻译程序的范围。我们建议基于建模旅居者结局（例如外籍人员调整和表现）的方法来评估3C和评估3C工具的有效性的替代方法。在对这一重要问题进行的有限研究中，发现跨文化测量的等效性很差，因为在发展这种文化的文化以外使用的工具改编很少会超出使用反向翻译程序的范围。我们建议基于建模旅居者结局（例如外籍人员调整和表现）的方法来评估3C和评估3C工具的有效性的替代方法。在对这一重要问题进行的有限研究中，发现跨文化测量的等效性很差，因为在发展这种文化的文化以外使用的工具改编很少会超出使用反向翻译程序的范围。我们建议基于建模旅居者结局（例如外籍人员调整和表现）的方法来评估3C和评估3C工具的有效性的替代方法。