An essential career guide for every Asian American--and all their
co-workers and managers--that explains how traditional Asian cultural
values are at odds with Western corporate culture.
Leading Asian American career coach and advocate Jane Hyun explains that
the lack of Asian Americans in executive suite positions is brought
about by a combination of Asian cultures and traditions strait-jacketing
Asian Americans in the workplace, and how the group's lack of vocal
affirmation in popular media and culture, afflicts them with a
"perpetual foreigner syndrome" in the eyes of Americans who don't know
enough to understand the challenges placed on Asian Americans in the
corporate environment.
Filled with anecdotes and case studies from her own consulting
experience covering the gamut of Asian Americans from various
backgrounds, the book discusses how being Asian affects the way they
interact with colleagues, managers, and clients, and will offer advice
and real world solutions while exposing the challenges encountered.
For the Asian reader, the book will help them to see the cultural
barriers they subconsciously place in their own career paths and how to
overcome them. For the non-Asian reader, the book serves as a primer for
promoting optimal working relationships with Asians, and will help start
a dialogue that will benefit all.
