The Culture of Korean Industry: An Ethnography of Poongsan Corporation - Hardcover

Kim, Choong Soon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816513090 ISBN 13: 9780816513093

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1992

Synopsis

As Americans become more conscious of trade competition from Japan, Korea looms large as another source of high-quality goods. What accounts for Korea's ability to compete in foreign markets, and what distinguishes it from its island neighbor? Anthropologist Kim sheds light on this question through an ethnography of a South Korean manufacturer, showing how Korean values, ethics, and other cultural traits such as kinship networks are translated into organizational structure and economic life.

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Review:

"A first-rate contribution to the literature in applied anthropology, comparative and cross-cultural management and modernization for the insight it provides on the Korean corporation."—Work and Occupations"Reared and schooled in South Korea before spending over twenty-five years studying and teaching in the United States, Choong Soon Kim is in an enviable position to ‘translate’ the culture of a South Korean company for a North American audience. Indeed, The Culture of Korean Industry skillfully combines Kim’s ethnographic data with historical research, survey results, and comparative observations. The result is an important contribution to Korean studies."—Journal of Asian Studies"Kim’s study clearly demonstrates the invaluable contribution of industrial anthropology to the analysis of complex societies. . . . Kim excels in delineating the interrelations between history, kinship, Confucian ethics, gender, values, and the politics of South Korea."—Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0816513090
• ISBN 13: 9780816513093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 249