What role does HRM have in firms' (and countries') levels of cross-cultural competency? A survey of more than 3,292 executives from around the globe rated countries from 1 to 10 on how well developed "intercultural understanding" is in their business commu¬ nities. The higher the score, the more highly developed the "cross-cultural competency" was perceived to be in that country.

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Switzerland 8.02 Thailand 6.13 Peru 5.32 Singapore 7.45 Germany 5.95 Ireland 5.30 Netherlands 7.39 Argentina 5.92 US 5.22 Hong Kong 7.37 Israel 5.89 Portugal 5.20 Malaysia 7.30 Turkey 5.89 Hungary 5.18 Belgium/Luxembourg 7.12 Iceland 5.79 France 5.08 Denmark 6.94 Finland 5.78 Japan 5.08 Sweden 6.75 Brazil 5.71 Colombia 5.04 Chile 6.72 Jordan 5.67 Italy 5.04 Canada 6.63 Greece 5.64 UK 5.03 Egypt 6.48 New Zealand 5.59 Mexico 4.65 Austria 6.44 Indonesia 5.56 Poland 4.57 Taiwan 6.44 Venezuela 5.44 Czech Republic 4.06 Philippines 6.31 Spain 5.42 South Africa 3.98 India 6.23 Norway 5.39 China 3.42 Australia 6.15 Korea 5.35 Russia 3.10