Book Description

People and their culture lead us to comprehend the nature of human resource management (HRM), to embrace the difference in every person, and to acknowledge the difference and distinctiveness of their styles and attitudes. For instance, the South Korean (hereafter 'Korea,' except now and then) HRM system has had certain difference and distinctiveness from the other countries' practices since the Korean people obtained their unique national characteristics and cultural background that has been developed in that time and mind-set throughout Korea's 5,000 year history. Korea has long utilized to imports and has been curious about 'foreign products.' Even ancient Koreans immersed themselves in '(Chinese) Buddhism that was first brought from China to the Korean Peninsula in 372 CE (Buddhapia)' and 'Confucian teachings and Chinese traditions (KCIS & MOCST, 2011).' Especially, during 'the time when the Korean Peninsula was ruled by the Choson or Chosŏn dynasty (1392-1904) that was usually considered as a 'hermit kingdom' due to its isolationist policy with regard to Japan and Western countries (Sung, Sang-yeon, 2008),' the Korean Peninsula, according to 'their individual needs and preferences (Buzo, 2002, p. 10, quoted in Sung, Sang-yeon, 2008),' was 'the most influenced country by Chinese religions and culture (the Chinese culture strongly and obviously influenced all East Asian countries (Matthews, Park, Nan-yeong, 2005),' and as a result it had a comparatively tight relationship with China that called itself as a 'big brother of Korea.'