Here Are The Wildly Different Ways People Give Criticism Around The World

<span>As anyone who has worked abroad will tell you, a communication strategy that's effective in one country doesn't necessarily work in another.</span>

For instance, the direct negative feedback given by a German boss might seem unnecessarily harsh in America, while an American worker's enthusiasm might come off as excessive and insincere in Germany.

We spoke with Erin Meyer, a professor at the international business school INSEAD and the author of "The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business," about how praise and criticism are given in 12 different countries.

Here's the most interesting stuff we learned:<img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5466683becad045c766c8460-1200-4174/how-countries-critique-graphic-2.png" border="0" alt="How Countries Critique graphic (updated with tweaked headline)">

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