Self-management Intercultural Awareness

In pursuit of diversity in a multicultural world, most if not all protagonists need a minimum of intercultural skills and awareness on a daily basis. Intercultural awareness and skillful acting in honor of diversity of values, beliefs or behavior is vital for the mobile lifestyle of open minded researchers who are at times guests in a foreign culture and hosts for their international likes in their home countries. In the Oxford Dictionary, intercultural awareness is coined as “having an understanding of both your own and other cultures, and particularly the similarities and differences between them. […] Understanding that people from different cultures have different values is the foundation to good intercultural relationships”.

Keywords: Attitude, Charisma, Confidentiality, Conflict resolution, Communication styles, Decision making, Dignity, Empathy, Feed-back culture, Handling personal goals, How to be polite, Political awareness, Negotiation and Persuasion skills, Networking skills, Recognizing and Managing Emotions, Self-Awareness, Self- Control, Self-Motivation, Self-Regulation, Service orientation, Stereotypes, “Tangible Topics” (Talking about Money, Death, Dignity, Honor, Politeness vs Honesty...), Tact and Diplomacy, Team work, groups and  meetings, Time Management, Trustworthiness