Globalization has encouraged the growth and popularity of recognizing opportunities worldwide. As such, entrepreneurial alertness and cultural intelligence stand out as essential catalysts for innovation and creativity. Managers' ability to identify opportunities, navigate diverse cultural contexts, and unleash their creative potential is now recognized as a critical factor for business success. However, previous research has primarily examined the independent influence of entrepreneurial alertness and cultural intelligence on other entrepreneurial outcomes, leaving a significant gap in understanding their independent and combined impact on creative self-efficacy (CSE). In this study, we bridge this gap by investigating the interplay between entrepreneurial alertness, cultural intelligence, and CSE among managers. Drawing on schema theory and entrepreneurial alertness literature, we hypothesize that entrepreneurial alertness enhances CSE, with cultural intelligence moderating this relationship. Our three studies, involving student and non-student samples, provide empirical evidence to generally support these hypotheses. Our study contributes to the existing literature by integrating concepts from entrepreneurship, psychology, and cross-cultural management, enriching our understanding of how these constructs influence CSE. The findings also shed light on the teachability of entrepreneurial alertness and its role in fostering CSE, thus aiding in better preparing future entrepreneurs for the complexities of the global marketplace.

全球化促进了全球范围内认识机会的增长和普及。因此，企业家的警觉性和文化智慧是创新和创造力的重要催化剂。管理者识别机会、驾驭不同文化背景以及释放创造力潜力的能力现在被认为是企业成功的关键因素。然而，之前的研究主要考察了创业警觉性和文化智力对其他创业成果的独立影响，在理解它们对创造性自我效能（CSE）的独立和综合影响方面存在很大差距。在这项研究中，我们通过调查管理者的创业警觉性、文化智力和全面性教育之间的相互作用来弥补这一差距。借鉴图式理论和创业警觉性文献，我们假设创业警觉性增强 CSE，而文化智力调节这种关系。我们的三项研究涉及学生和非学生样本，提供了普遍支持这些假设的经验证据。我们的研究通过整合创业、心理学和跨文化管理的概念，丰富了我们对这些概念如何影响 CSE 的理解，为现有文献做出了贡献。研究结果还揭示了创业警觉性的可传授性及其在促进全面性教育中的作用，从而帮助未来的企业家更好地应对全球市场的复杂性。