Japanese Bosses, Chinese Workers: Power and Control in a Hongkong Megastore

by Wong Heung Wah Wong

Overview

Examines the ways in of organising work, rank, compensation, and promotion inside a large Japanese company in Hong Kong, and its spiritual training, to reveal the socio-economic base of managerial control. A must for anthropologists and Japanologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138973503
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/2016
Series:	Anthropology of Asia
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Fumei as Regional ‘Supermarket’, Ogawa Family Company, and Religious Group; Chapter 3 Fumei as a Kaisha; Chapter 4 Fumei Comes to Hong Kong; Chapter 5 The Organisational and Spatial Aspects of Fumei Hong Kong; Chapter 6 Organised Dependence; Chapter 7 The Institutional Culture I; Chapter 8 The Institutional Culture II; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Afterword;

Editorial Reviews

'This is a fascinating study a fascinating ethnographic case study' - Bill W.K. Taylor, The China Journal

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