Towards constructive interculturality in organizations

Christoph Barmeyer, Madeleine Bausch and Ulrike Mayrhofer

Chapter 13 in Constructive Intercultural Management, 2026, pp 230-238 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In the concluding chapter, we highlight the book's assumption that organizations, departments and teams can interact successfully with people from different cultural backgrounds. We consider that interculturality as a dynamic process of adaptation, learning and development, negotiated by individuals from diverse contexts, can – when managed in an appropriate way – lead to complementarity and synergy. We elaborate a systemic framework, summarize key factors that contribute to the constructive design of interculturality in organizations and show how organizations can leverage interculturality in eight steps.

Keywords: Systemic framework of constructive intercultural management; Intercultural individuals as boundary spanners; Key factors for designing constructive interculturality; Eight-step model to design constructive interculturality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035371365
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