There was a mention in, I believe, an NPR article(or podcast) many years ago about Europe vs America. The main thrust was that someone from Chicago can easily

There was a mention in, I believe, an NPR article(or podcast) many years ago about Europe vs America. The main thrust was that someone from Chicago can easily start a job in New York with little to no cultural adjustment or misunderstandings. In Europe, the situation was quite different with e.g. a Spaniard working with Germans etc. The claim was that someone ended up writing a book called "Managing Spaniards if you are a German".