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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791594703321

Titolo

Global Japanization? : the transnational transformation of the labour process / / edited by Tony Elger and Chris Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1994, 2011

ISBN

1-136-92921-5

1-136-92922-3

1-283-03880-3

9786613038807

0-203-84571-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

ElgerTony <1946->

SmithChris <1953->

Disciplina

331

Soggetti

Labor

Industrial management - Japan

Corporations, Japanese

Production management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: London : Routledge, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The Japanese model -- pt. 2. Transplants, transfer and adaptation -- pt. 3. Adopters, adapters and alternatives.

Sommario/riassunto

Global Japaniziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy. The editors present original case studies of work reorganization and workers' experiences within both Japanese companies and those of their competitors in diverse sectors and national settings. These studies provide a wide-ranging critique of conventional accounts of Japanese models of management and production, and their implications for employees. They offer new evidence and f