Why on earth would anyone give up a life on the open road for the regimen of a vast Japanese conglomerate? And is it really so different in Japan from everywhere else? Niall Murtagh spent years as a world traveller - hitchhiking to Istanbul, bussing to Kathmandu and crossing the Atlantic in a home-built yacht. In 1986 he closed the door on his adventurous life and settled down in Japan, eventually joining Mitsubishi as a Salaryman - a man in a shiny suit with a shiny attache case in a conglomerate with 100,000 employees. And what happens when you give up the Salaryman life? The book follows life after the corporation, giving fresh perspectives on the nature of Japanese business culture and the problems faced by outsiders in Japan.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
A fascinating and engaging book ... a rare inside look at corporate life in Japan, one that's worth more than a dozen business-school studies. -- Matthew Lynn * Bloomberg * Full of wonderful vignettes and details. -- Harriet Sergeant * Spectator * Murtagh gives a fascinating account of a system that is misunderstood, even satirised, in the West. -- Iain Finlayson * Culture Vulture Books *
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Höhe: 197 mm
Breite: 130 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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978-1-86197-789-2 (9781861977892)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Niall Murtagh is an author and translator specialising in technology and corporate culture. His book on life in a large Japanese multinational, "The Blue-Eyed Salaryman" has been published in several languages, including Japanese. He currently teaches at Hosei University, Tokyo.
