ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the contextualization of intercultural competence. The focus is on the development of intercultural competence through measures such as training, coaching, and consulting. The chapter shows that the historical genesis of intercultural competence has been influenced by the US context. In intercultural learning, a change of perspective takes place through the adoption of new, different, cultural points of view. B. Spitzberg and G. Changnon define intercultural competence as “the appropriate and effective management of interaction between people who, to some degree or another, represent different or divergent affective, cognitive, and behavioral orientations to the world.” All levels are of interest for contextual and differentiated research on intercultural competence. Many bicultural individuals are, moreover, used to dealing with linguistic and intercultural challenges. The chapter concludes with a context-related research agenda, which enables a differentiated research of intercultural competence.
