Benchmarks for International HR - Kienbaum

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2.6 Education Level & Management
of Industrial Relations
Concerning the level of education, Confucian Asia was found
to have the highest proportion of employees with a higher
education/university degree (49 %). This represents a significantly
more educated workforce than in Eastern Europe (35 %), Nordic
Europe (32 %) and, in particular, Germanic Europe. At 26 %,
the latter cluster reports the lowest ratio of highly educated
workers of all regions.
Level of higher education/university qualification
in workforce by cluster (in %)
Confucian Asia
Anglo
Latin Europe
Eastern Europe
Nordic Europe
Germanic Europe
Anglo 70 20 10
Eastern Europe 65 24 11
Germanic Europe 64 27 9
Confucian Asia 59 18 23
Latin Europe 55 20 25
Nordic Europe 8 38 54
0 % - 25 % 26 % - 75 % 76 % - 100 %
35
32
The respondents from the USA, Australia, South Africa, and the
UK (representing the Anglo cluster) show the lowest proportion of
trade union members in their workforces. Almost three quarters
report a ratio of less than 26 %. The other clusters show similar
proportions, although a quarter of the respondents from Confucian
Asia and Latin Europe report that their workforce contain at least
76 % trade union members. However, the Nordic European
respondents report the most unionised workforce. More than half
of them report that at least 76 % of their employees are trade
union members.
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Proportion of trade union members in the workforce
by cluster (in %)
43
49
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