Reviews for The Global Etiquette Guide to Europe: Everything You Need to Know for Business and Travel Success

The average rating for The Global Etiquette Guide to Europe: Everything You Need to Know for Business and Travel Success based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-30 00:00:00 mike ladabouche Not bad at all. Chapters are broken up into sizeable chunks that are insightful and easy to read. My biggest complaint stems from the fact that despite the author's extensive knowledge of the Korean language, he refrains from using any 한글 in the book - only romanization of key terms. This makes for a sloppy glossary. Don't let this questionable editing mistake steer you away from this book - not only does it contain nugget after nugget of valuable information, it also contains a fantastic summary of ancient and modern Korea wrapped up in about 12 pages. The author does well to tie in his knowledge of Japanese culture and business as it plays a big role in Korea. However, I would have liked more taboos and "do-not-do-this-you-impatient-foreign-businessperson" tidbits - although the book has plenty. I suppose the best feature of the book is it's instant pick-up-and-read aspect however, if the proper context isn't taken into account, I'm afraid that some of this book might be forgettable - which is a shame. Perhaps it goes without saying that this book is applicable to anyone living in Korea and has thousands of applications outside the business world. A great read.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-10 00:00:00 Albert Dipasquale Even after being in a Korea for over six years now, I was able to learn quite a few things about Korean culture through this book. A lot of times people are quick to say "Because of Confucianism, Korea is like this." However, the same people tend not to go much farther than that when explaining the background for certain parts of Korean society. This book however delves deeper into Korean history and traditional Confucian values that still impact the psyche of modern Koreans. This is a general book for people with little to no experience with South Korea and I take everything they say with a grain of salt since it has probably been simplified to an extent. There are a lot of topics mentioned in the book that I would love to read more about in greater detail. In addition to that, Korean culture is constantly changing, there are probably certain aspects that are not as prominent as before.