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Portraits Of The Japanese Workplace

Labor Movements, Workers, And Managers

Contributors

By Andrew Gordon

By Mikiso Hane

By Mark Selden

By Kumazawa Makoto

Formats and Prices

Price

$41.00

Format

Trade Paperback

Format:

Trade Paperback $41.00

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 workplaces. He highlights dilemmas facing Japanese labor on the shop floor and in the labor movement. His discussion ranges from the role of women to issues of quality control and self-management. Highly critical of the hierarchical and undemocratic nature of Japanese industry, he offers a sympathetic view from the inside of the difficulties of surviving in the workplaces of contemporary Japan.

On Sale
Oct 8, 1996
Page Count
288 pages
Publisher
Avalon Publishing
ISBN-13
9780813317083

Mikiso Hane

About the Author

The late Mikiso Hane was Szold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Knox College.

Louis G. Perez is Distinguished University Professor of History, and Women's and Gender Studies, at Illinois State University.

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