Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers

ISBN-13: 9780367317379 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Andrew Gordon;Mikiso Hane;Mark Selden

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Andrew Gordon, Mark Selden, Kumazawa Makoto