1st Edition
Portraits Of The Japanese Workplace Labor Movements, Workers, And Managers
360 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
288 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Translator’s Foreword -- Introduction -- The “Take-Off” of Japanese Workers -- Features of Organized Workers in Postwar Japan -- Limits and Costs of the Postwar Labor Movement -- Light and Shadow in Quality Control Circles -- A Postwar History of the Workplace -- A Postwar History of Women Workers -- Twenty Years of a Bank Worker’s Life -- Working Like Mad to Stay in Place
Biography
Andrew Gordon, Mark Selden, Kumazawa Makoto
