03130nam 2200649Ia 450 991078266100332120230207230012.097866120473291-282-04732-91-59213-690-7(CKB)1000000000707359(EBL)413474(OCoLC)476237680(SSID)ssj0000164243(PQKBManifestationID)11162829(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164243(PQKBWorkID)10120496(PQKB)11706093(MiAaPQ)EBC413474(OCoLC)316196625(MdBmJHUP)muse15447(Au-PeEL)EBL413474(CaPaEBR)ebr10275522(CaONFJC)MIL204732(EXLCZ)99100000000070735920080528d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGoing global[electronic resource] culture, gender, and authority in the Japanese subsidiary of an American corporation /Ellen V. FullerPhiladelphia Temple University Press20091 online resource (228 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-689-3 1-59213-688-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.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; IndexIn 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 beCorporations, AmericanSocial aspectsJapanInternational business enterprisesJapanEmployeesCorporate cultureJapanManagementJapanCorporations, AmericanSocial aspectsInternational business enterprisesEmployees.Corporate cultureManagement331.6/9956Fuller Ellen V.1956-1561711MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782661003321Going global3828695UNINA