openness

­ Respect for otherness:

ability to look at all customs and values from a distance, regarding them at the same time as worthwhile in their own right)

­ Tolerance of ambiguity:

ability to accept ambiguity and lack of clarity and deal with it constructively

knowledge

­ Knowledge discovery:

ability to acquire and actually use cultural knowledge

­ Empathy:

ability to intuitively understand what other people think and how they feel

adaptability

­ Behavioral flexibility:

ability to adapt one’s own behavior to different requirements and situations

­ Communicative awareness:

ability to identify and consciously work with communicative conventions