An Emerging Non-Regular Labour Force in Japan : The Dignity of Dispatched Workers

ISBN-13: 9780415664349 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 192 str.

Huiyan Fu

Opis

This is an anthropological study of haken and temporary agency work (TAW) in Japan which combines both macro and micro level analyses.

Recenzje

"This timely and excellent analysis of the changing employment system in Japan greatly improves our understanding of what it is like to be a dispatched worker (haken) in contemporary Japan and discourse about nonregular employment, of which haken is only one of various categories such as temporary, contract, part-time, etc." - Jeff Kingston is director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan; The Japan Times: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Haken: A New Non-Regular Labour Force and a Booming Industry  3. Working as a Haken in a Triangular Employment Relationship  4. Haken in Historical Perspective  5. Haken in the 'Gap-Widening' Society  6. The Search for Meaningful Work  7. Conclusion: Haken’s ‘Symbolic’ Values

O autorze

Huiyan Fu is Visiting Professor of International Business at Aalen University, Germany.