LEADER 04580nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910974145203321 005 20251117092739.0 010 $a1-136-13346-1 010 $a0-203-03759-6 010 $a1-283-84040-5 010 $a1-136-13338-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203037591 035 $a(CKB)2670000000298654 035 $a(EBL)1074736 035 $a(OCoLC)819635920 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784623 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11445691 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784623 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782631 035 $a(PQKB)11339658 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1074736 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1074736 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10630220 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415290 035 $a(OCoLC)823734501 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136602 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000298654 100 $a20020930d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen's employment in Japan $ethe experience of part-time workers /$fKaye Broadbent 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledgeCurzon$d2003 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (181 p.) 225 1 $aAsian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-54630-3 311 08$a0-7007-1743-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index. 327 $aWomen'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 gender 327 $aEarly 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' Law 327 $aThe 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 union 327 $aLow and declining unionisation among womenRengo?'s advocacy on the tax-free threshold; 7. What can be said about part-time work in Japan?; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThe low status accorded to part-time workers in Japan has resulted in huge inequalities in the workplace. This book examines the problem in-depth using case-study investigations in Japanese workplaces, and reveals the extent of the inequality. It shows how many part-time workers, most of whom are women, are concentrated in low paid, low skilled, poorly unionised service sector jobs. Part-time workers in Japan work hours equivalent to, or greater than, full-time workers, but receive lower financial and welfare benefits than their full-time colleagues. Overall, the book demonstrates that the way 410 0$aASAA women in Asia series. 606 $aWomen$xEmployment$zJapan 606 $aPart-time employment$zJapan 615 0$aWomen$xEmployment 615 0$aPart-time employment 676 $a331.4/2572 700 $aBroadbent$b Kaye$f1961-$01878657 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974145203321 996 $aWomen's employment in Japan$94491470 997 $aUNINA