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Chinese edition: 人生一定要有的8個朋友 http://www.sunbright.com.tw/catalog/intro.phtml?book_id=127
From my dicsussions with my sisters and other friends who have worked in the West, relationships among colleagues are quite different in the East. In this part of the world socializing with your colleagues is actually a part of the job, usually called by the boss or the company. Some people at work voluntarily socialize with each other after work. They become work-friends.
However, the true test of such relationships is after you no longer work at the same place. If the relationship continue, then they are truly friends. My sister is rather amused to know that I am still in touch with colleagues while working for Newton Magazine in 1991-1992. That was over 15 years ago! We are all in different kinds of work now, but once a year we still meet to catch up on what is happening in each others lives.
I agree with the author of Vital Friends that
To a certain extent, what we see and feel daily is the product of our presonal relationships. Everything disappears when you take away these relationships.
Nobody seems to remember much of work projectse after a few years, no matter how significant they have been at that time, but relationships tend to last much longer. Interestingly, this is what God teaches throughout the Bible. Unfortunately as human beings we tend to forget this truth in the rush for accomplishment.
Another book discussing relationships at work I read two years ago:
Who's That Sitting At My Desk?: Workship, Friendship, Or Foe?
Chinese edition: 誰坐在我的位子上？ －－是同事，朋友，還是敵人？http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010270009
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