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Going global : culture, gender, and authority in the Japanese subsidiary of an American corporation / / Ellen V. Fuller



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Autore: Fuller Ellen V. <1956-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Going global : culture, gender, and authority in the Japanese subsidiary of an American corporation / / Ellen V. Fuller Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
Disciplina: 331.6/9956
Soggetto topico: Corporations, American - Social aspects - Japan
International business enterprises - Japan - Employees
Corporate culture - Japan
Management - Japan
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: In 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
Titolo autorizzato: Going global  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612047329
1-282-04732-9
1-59213-690-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824673303321
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