Nominication for strategic leadership: Best practices in Japanese-style communication for managerial purposes

Communication over drinks after work is an important part of workplace culture that has recently come to be called nominication in Japan, by combining the Japanese word for drinking (nomi) with the ending of the English word communication. It is also a social practice that is frequently used by Japanese managers to further their leadership agendas. In order to understand this form of professional communication in Japan more fully in the context of professional management, a survey of 30 Japanese leaders in different fields was conducted to see how this cultural phenomenon is currently viewed and practiced. From this information, a list of best practices was generated that the will be of interest to managers everywhere, as well as to educators and researchers who would like to investigate this type of managerial communication further.