LEADER 03127nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910824673303321 005 20240418140912.0 010 $a9786612047329 010 $a1-282-04732-9 010 $a1-59213-690-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707359 035 $a(EBL)413474 035 $a(OCoLC)476237680 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000164243 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162829 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164243 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10120496 035 $a(PQKB)11706093 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413474 035 $a(OCoLC)316196625 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15447 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10275522 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL204732 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707359 100 $a20080528d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGoing global $eculture, gender, and authority in the Japanese subsidiary of an American corporation /$fEllen V. Fuller 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59213-689-3 311 $a1-59213-688-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aIn 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 be 606 $aCorporations, American$xSocial aspects$zJapan 606 $aInternational business enterprises$zJapan$xEmployees 606 $aCorporate culture$zJapan 606 $aManagement$zJapan 615 0$aCorporations, American$xSocial aspects 615 0$aInternational business enterprises$xEmployees. 615 0$aCorporate culture 615 0$aManagement 676 $a331.6/9956 700 $aFuller$b Ellen V.$f1956-$01628933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824673303321 996 $aGoing global$93966348 997 $aUNINA