Friendship and Work Culture of Women Managers in Japan: Tokyo After Ten

ISBN-13: 9781138099029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 246 str.

Swee Lin Ho

Opis

Based on ethnographic data gathered from fieldwork spanning 15 years, this book analyses the lives of women managers in Japan. It explores the ways in which professional women in Tokyo mobilize their friendships as a way of mitigating the disappointments in their working lives and conceptualizing new ideas of independence and equality.

Spis treści

1. De-mystifying the social world of Japanese women

2. Exceptional lives, extraordinary friends

3. Any time, any place

4. Strategic drinking as producers of money

5. Surviving without role models

6. A self-chartered course

O autorze

Swee-Lin Ho is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the National University of Singapore. She has previously worked as an auditor, financial journalist and business executive across Asia and Europe.