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The culture of people eating lunch together was discussed. An extension of this is that eating alone is avoided because it is taken as a sign that a person has been excluded from a group or groups. To Koreans, being excluded from a group means there must be something wrong...
The following snippet is now part of the ebook Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals in Korea! Purchase and download on Amazon. [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Bammel/e/B00T6BEEY2/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=korcontraseri-20&linkId=CVTDBYDSJBICQN2B] From the extra reading in Chapter 1 of Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals...
"MT", which stands for membership training, is a modern phenomenon in Korea. It is basically a retreat where a group of people from an organization go away together for a day or more and carry out a variety of group-bonding activities and training activities. It is a rite of passage...
The morning and evening meals are generally eaten outside of the company domain except for company get-togethers in the evening (which, depending on the company, can be frequent or infrequent). Lunch is eaten during business hours and because Korea has a group-oriented culture rather than an individual-oriented culture, the eating...
Korean culture could be characterized as group-oriented and hierarchical. A connection to another person makes one part of a larger group and this creates reciprocal obligations. Examples of connections that create a group would be: coming from the same hometown, attending or having graduated from the same school, university or...
I'll start with "thank you" because its usage is straightforward. There are actually two words for it: "kahm-sahm -ni-da" and "ko-map-sum-ni-da". The two words are interchangeable and if you use them often, you will do well in Korea. Saying "please", however, is a bit more complicated since its usage depends...
Drinking is a very important part of Korean business culture in particular and Korean culture in general. Koreans think that it is important to know someone well in order to do business with them and believe that drinking together is the best way to get to know someone. The feature...
Do you drink? If you do, that is certainly a plus for doing business in Korea because building relationships is important for doing business in Korea and drinking together is an important way for Koreans, particularly Korean men, to build and maintain relationships. Heavy drinking is not uncommon and, as...
When in Korea, you may find yourself having to get in line occasionally and there are a number of things you should know about Korean queuing practice in order to avoid problems. Korea is a small country with a high population density, so the interpersonal distance that Koreans must encounter...
The following snippet is now part of the ebook Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals in Korea! Purchase and download on Amazon. [EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.amazon.com/Steven-Bammel/e/B00T6BEEY2/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=korcontraseri-20&linkId=CVTDBYDSJBICQN2B] From the extra reading in Chapter 4 of Korean Business Etiquette Guide: Take an Essential Step Toward Your Business Goals...
