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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783881503321

Autore

Graham Fiona

Titolo

Inside the Japanese company / / Fiona Graham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-40036-5

0-203-43363-7

1-134-40037-3

1-280-07328-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Classificazione

85.00

Disciplina

368.32/00952

Soggetti

Life insurance - Japan - Management

Industrial relations - Japan

National characteristics, Japanese

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. [239]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; The literature; C-Life; Objectives; Structure of the book; Literature review; Anti-nihonjinron literature; New literature; The Japan literature: the future; The company and structure; The international division; The personnel division; The union; Kei University; Employees from outside; Women; Conclusion; The company and career; Joining the international division; Training; Sales; Life-time employment; Skills; Promotion and demotion; Leaving; Firing; Retiring; Evaluation; Conclusion; The company and life; Hierarchy; Work and overtime

Attitudes towards workTransfers; Leisure; Tsukiai; Job satisfaction; Motivation and choice; Ambition; Family; The character of C-Life; Conclusion; The company and human relations; Conflict; Loyalty; Amae; Stress; Attitudes towards 'foreignness'; Human relations; Dki; Seniors    sempai; Juniors    khai; Responsibility; Male/female distinctions; Amakudari; Transferees; Bullying; Honne and tatemae; Conclusion; Ideology, groupism and individualism; The individual in the Japan

Sommario/riassunto

Based on extensive original research this work explores the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and on related issues, and finds they are much more complicated than those portrayed



by Western stereotypes.