University of Tehran Published jointly with Iranian World Studies Association Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies 2588-3119 7 2 2023 04 01 The Components of Intercultural Competencies of Iraqi Senior Managers in Health Organizations 213 245 94834 10.22059/wsps.2023.362714.1364 EN Reda Mahmoud Alkenany PhD Candidate of Public Administration, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Isfahan, Iran. Saeid Sharifi Associate Professor of Cultural Management, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran. Amer Allamy Assistant Professor of Government Management, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq Mehrdad Sadeghi Assistant Professor of Cultural Management, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran Journal Article 2022 07 23 The current research was conducted to analyze the components of intercultural competencies of senior managers in Iraqi health organizations with a qualitative method of thematic analysis using Sterling's (2001) approach. The research community was the senior managers of the Ministry of Interior, hospitals, and health service institutions of Iraq, among  whom 20 people were reached through purposeful sampling based on specific criteria, and data saturation was reached. Data validity was confirmed by two coders and external auditors. Results indicated that the 83 codes extracted in the interviews can be categorized into five dimensions: knowledge, attitude, insight, action, and intercultural ability. The results of the content analysis of participants' interviews showed that intercultural competency can be divided into five levels of knowledge, insight, ability, activism, and intercultural attitude, with ten components of intercultural awareness, intercultural education, understanding of cultural context, cultural self-efficacy, intercultural adaptation, intercultural sensitivity, intercultural experience, intercultural communication, intercultural positivity, and empathic attitude. To achieve effective intercultural communication, Iraqi senior managers need to learn intercultural competencies to achieve a high level of communication and development in health organizations. https://wsps.ut.ac.ir/article_94834_27bdeafe4085e7a7442853ac2f83ae3c.pdf