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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454144903321

Autore

Fuller Ellen V. <1956->

Titolo

Going global [[electronic resource] ] : culture, gender, and authority in the Japanese subsidiary of an American corporation / / Ellen V. Fuller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2009

ISBN

9786612047329

1-282-04732-9

1-59213-690-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

331.6/9956

Soggetti

Corporations, American - Social aspects - Japan

International business enterprises - Japan - Employees

Corporate culture - Japan

Management - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Culture, Gender, and Authority in Transnational Corporate Contexts; Chapter 2 Setting Transco within the Contexts of American and Japanese Corporations; Chapter 3 Uncertainty, Trust, and Commitment: Defining the Self in Relation to Employment at Transco; Chapter 4 Identity and Perception at Transco: Manifestations of Confusion; Chapter 5 Authority as Culture and Gender Dominance; Chapter 6 Embracing Chaos: Toward a More Genuine Valuation of Difference; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this intriguing ethnography, Ellen Fuller investigates how issues of gender and identity as they relate to authority are addressed in a globalizing corporate culture. Going Global goes behind the office politics, turf wars and day-to-day workings of a transnational American company in Japan in the late 1990's as employees try to establish a comfortable place within the company. Fuller looks at how relationships among Asians and between Asians and Americans are tested as individuals are promoted to positions of power and authority. Is there pressure for the Japanese to be