Psychological conditions for metacommunication development in international company managers: challenges of multiculturalism and artificial intelligence

This article presents a theoretical analysis of the psychological conditions for metacommunication development in international company managers within the context of multicultural and technologically mediated environments involving artificial intelligence interaction. The study conceptualizes metacommunication as a multi-level integrative phenomenon that combines personal reflective capacity and communicative self-organization processes in cognitively heterogeneous environments of cross-cultural and interface-based interactions with digital agents. Through interdisciplinary analysis, the research systematizes internal psychological conditions for metacommunication development, including: metacognitive ability, emotional regulation, reflection, interpersonal sensitivity, cognitive flexibility, and metalinguistic awareness. The study identifies and classifies external psychological conditions, encompassing features of multicultural linguistic environments, integration of artificial intelligence as an interaction agent, communicative complexity in global digital teams, organizational norms, and eco-facilitative educational practices. The findings indicate that AI implementation in management processes qualitatively transforms the nature of metacommunication, creating a new type of interface-based interaction that requires managers to develop skills in adapting to algorithmic logics, interpreting AI responses, and critically reflecting on communicative contexts. The research substantiates the role of the eco-facilitative approach in developing metacommunicative competence in international company managers, with special attention to ethical and meaning-making aspects of interaction with artificial intelligence agents.