Women and Japanese management : discrimination and reform / Alice C.L. Lam.

Standard 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....

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Main Author: Lam, Alice C. L. (Alice Cheung-Ling), 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
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Summary:Standard 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
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 281 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-272) and index.
ISBN:0203076052
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Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.