04495oam 2200685I 450 991078646570332120230617031333.01-136-13346-10-203-03759-61-283-84040-51-136-13338-010.4324/9780203037591 (CKB)2670000000298654(EBL)1074736(OCoLC)819635920(SSID)ssj0000784623(PQKBManifestationID)11445691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784623(PQKBWorkID)10782631(PQKB)11339658(MiAaPQ)EBC1074736(Au-PeEL)EBL1074736(CaPaEBR)ebr10630220(CaONFJC)MIL415290(OCoLC)823734501(FINmELB)ELB136602(EXLCZ)99267000000029865420180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWomen's employment in Japan the experience of part-time workers /Kaye BroadbentLondon ;New York :Routledge,2003.1 online resource (181 p.)Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-54630-3 0-7007-1743-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.Women's Employment in Japan The experience of part-time workers; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Gendered employment tracks: 'part-time' versus 'life-time'; Overview of part-time work in Japan; Historical overview of women and work; Labour market patterns for women; Occupational segregation; 'Lifetime' employment; Lifetime' employment for women; When is a part-time worker not a part-time worker?; Methodology; 2. Conceptualising the feminisation of part-time work in Japan; Labour market theories; Incorporating genderEarly English language studies of work in JapanJapanese language works on part-time work and part-time workers; The overrepresentation of women in part-time work; Western feminists on women and work; Views of Japanese feminists; 3. Daiichi: introducing the supermarket giant; Daiichi; Employees: working for Daiichi; Age limits; Hachiban; Part-time workers and their families; Employment experience before taking on part-time work; 4. 'With what I know, I should be a manager...'; Profile of part-time workers; Survey definitions of part-time workers; Background to the Part-time Workers' LawThe impact of gender on wagesReasons for employing part-time workers; 5. 'When I get home, I have to be a mother...'; Nihon gata Fukushi Shakai-Japanese-style welfare society; The impact of legislation on the division of labour in the household; Wives and mothers in contemporary Japan; Family structure; Co-operation from family; The roles of wife and mother; Reasons for working part-time; Job satisfaction and recreation time; 6. Power in the union?; The move to enterprise-based unions; Women workers and the union movement; The structure of Japan's union movement; Daiichi's enterprise unionLow and declining unionisation among womenRengō's advocacy on the tax-free threshold; 7. What can be said about part-time work in Japan?; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe low status accorded to part-time workers in Japan has resulted in huge inequalities in the workplace. This book examines the problem in-depth using case-study investigations in Japanese workplaces, and reveals the extent of the inequality. It shows how many part-time workers, most of whom are women, are concentrated in low paid, low skilled, poorly unionised service sector jobs. Part-time workers in Japan work hours equivalent to, or greater than, full-time workers, but receive lower financial and welfare benefits than their full-time colleagues. Overall, the book demonstrates that the wayASAA women in Asia series.WomenEmploymentJapanPart-time employmentJapanWomenEmploymentPart-time employment331.4/2572Broadbent Kaye1961,1517696MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786465703321Women's employment in Japan3754912UNINA