Portraits Of The Japanese Workplace

Labor Movements, Workers, And Managers
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31737-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

In this groundbreaking volume, one of Japan's most insightful contemporary labor analysts assesses the ?light and shadow? of Japanese-style management, explaining why Japanese employees have stood apart from workers in other industrialized countries. Kumazawa brings to life the intense combination of competition and community within Japanese workpl

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gordon, Andrew

Hane, Mikiso

Selden, Mark

Makoto, Kumazawa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction, 2 The "Take-Off" of Japanese Workers, 3 Features of Organized Workers in Postwar Japan, 4 Limits and Costs of the Postwar Labor Movement, 5 Light and Shadow in Quality Control Circles, 6 A Postwar History of the Workplace: Management and Unions in the Steel Industry, 7 A Postwar History of Women Workers, 8 Twenty Years of a Bank Worker's life, 9 Working Like Mad to Stay in Place: Reflections onJapanese Salary-Men Today

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Gordon, Mark Selden, Kumazawa Makoto