LEADER 03403nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910817850003321 005 20240404172244.0 010 $a1-134-92348-1 010 $a1-280-32893-2 010 $a0-203-31564-2 010 $a0-203-07605-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000256177 035 $a(EBL)168920 035 $a(OCoLC)252794778 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000313449 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240089 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313449 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366985 035 $a(PQKB)10627818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC168920 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL168920 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10060728 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32893 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000256177 100 $a19911231d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen and Japanese management $ediscrimination and reform /$fAlice C.L. Lam 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-06335-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Women and Japanese management: Discrimination and reform; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction and background; Part I Discrimination against women in employment: theory and practice; Chapter 2 Internal labour markets and discrimination; Chapter 3 Sexual inequality in the Japanese employment system: discriminatory company practices; Chapter 4 The emerging situation: changing company practice in response to market pressures; Part II Legislation and reform; Chapter 5 Legislating for change? The Equal Employment Opportunity Law 327 $aChapter 6 The management responsePart III A case study; Chapter 7 The Seibu case: an introduction; Chapter 8 The Seibu case: changing company practice; Chapter 9 Changing roles and attitudes of Seibu women: towards equal opportunity?; Part IV Conclusions; Chapter 10 Equal employment for women in the Japanese employment system: limitations and obstacles; Appendix A: Field study methods and the survey samples; Appendix B: ANOVA and multiple classification analysis; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aStandard works on the employment systems of Japanese companies deal almost exclusively with men. Women, however, constitute the vast majority of the low wage, highly flexible ""non-core"" employees.This book breaks new ground in examining the role of Japanese women in industry. It assesses the extent to which growing pressure for equal opportunities between the sexes has caused Japanese companies to adapt their employment and personnel management practices in recent years.The author puts the argument in an historical perspective, covering the employment of Japanese women from the start 606 $aSex discrimination in employment$zJapan 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$zJapan 615 0$aSex discrimination in employment 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment 676 $a331.4/133/0952 700 $aLam$b Alice C. L$g(Alice Cheung-Ling),$f1955-$01714701 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817850003321 996 $aWomen and Japanese management$94108758 997 $aUNINA