Managing for Creativity in Japan Talking with Foreign Executives in Japan
Patterns Tagged ‘language’
Obstacles Involved with being Non-Japanese
“…you have to speak the language……If you can’t speak Japanese you better be really good at what you do….”
Hard to Pinpoint
“….everyone was fascinated with me but not fascinated enough to employ me….”
Be Wary
“…but here there is only a certain amount of jobs going for gaijin and people really want to hold onto what they have got and they get really nasty….”
Relationships
“One of the benefits would be that our Japanese staff has the ability to make relationships like no foreigner could, even with all the entertaining and the best Japanese language skills. It’s very difficult for a foreigner to get under the skin of a Japanese person. I would expect (and I think we have achieved) […]
