Customer Reviews

Learning to Think Korean: A Guide to Living and Working in Korea (Interact Series)

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As a Korean-American, I have read many books on Korea--ranging from North-South relations to tourism. But I found this book the most relavent, applicable, and practical to non-native Koreans who need to worke and live in Korea. The book provides non-Koreans with step-by-step guide to everyday situations they will face in the "hermit kingdom," such as how Koreans think about themselves and foreigners and how to manage a Korean office of an American firm. I enjoyed the book with many "aha moments." I believe this book is a superb tool for any none-Koreans who seek to be effecitve in every day life in Korea.

This book was very easy to read and really described the differences between the American and Korean cultures well. While I'm not there yet to verify the info, it gave me a good basis to understand what I'm likely to encounter. I plan to bring this book with me to Korea and refer to it often. I will share it with others and highly recommend it to anyone headed to Korea.

I bought this for someone who is going to Korea to live and work, and they liked it. If you want to buy something for someone who is going to Korea to live and work, this is probably a good thing to get. I say this because I trust the taste of the guy who I bought it for.

As for specifics, I don't know; I bought it for someone else. I feel like I told this to Amazon when I was buying it, but they asked me to review the product anyway, so this is what they get.

At first I thought this would be a big generalization of people so I took it lightly, but there are some truths in it. Pay attention especially to the parts about communication.

I live and teach in South Korea. I have read at least five books on Korean culture and this is the best, by far. The author is a 50 year veteran of the Korean experience, and it clearly shows in his insights to Koreans and their culture. Practical tips for business people are included as well, along with specific examples of culture conflict situations. OUTSTANDING. If you are going to read ANY book on Korean culture, this should be it. One colleague mentioned that the author is now dead, and the book is "old". Culture doesn't change THAT quickly, and this book has insights that few of the others had, and as I said, I have read 5.

A useful book but he could give us much more about the group activities there such as the incredible networks of alumni associations, incessant reunions and the national love of gossip.