Perspectives on Work, Employment and Society in Japan

by P. Matanle (Editor), W. Lunsing (Editor)

Overview

This book presents diverse perspectives on how work and employment are developing in a rapidly changing, contemporary Japan. Using macro- and micro-level data, the authors show both how the Japanese employment system is evolving as well as how the meanings that individual Japanese attach to their work and employment are developing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230002005
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/06/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

H. CONRAD Deputy Director, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Japan J. HASSARD Professor of Organizational Analysis and Head of Organizational Analysis Group, Manchester Business School, Manchester University, UK V. HEINDORF PhD Candidate and Research Associate, Faculty of Business, Munich University, Germany Y. HONDA Associate Professor In the Sociology of Education, Interfaculty Initiative Information Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan T. LENG LENG Associate Professor, Head of Department, Department of Japanese Studies, The National University of Singapore H. MACNAUGHTAN Lecturer in International Business and Management for Japan, Department of Financial and Management Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK L. MCCANN Lecturer in International and Comparative Management, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK K. MCCORMICK Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sussex, UK J. MORRIS Professor of Organizational Analysis, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK A. SASAGAWA Aoyama Gakuin University and Musashino University, Japan N. SUZUKI Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Gender Studies, Nagasaki Wesleyan University, Japan S. TAKAHATA PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, Osaka City University, Japan L.L. THANG Anthropologist and Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore F. WALDENBERGER Professor of Japanese Economy, Japan Centre, Munich University, Germany

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Names Notes on Contributors Introduction: Perspectives on Work and Employment in Japan; P.Matanle & W.Lunsing The Evolution of the Japanese Employment System in Comparative Perspective; F.Waldenberger From 'Post-war' to 'Post-bubble': Contemporary Issues for Japanese Working Women; H.Macnaughtan Beyond Lifetime Employment: Re-fabricating Japan's Employment Culture; P.Matanle Recent Changes in Compensation Prices in Large Japanese Companies: Wages, Bonuses and Corporate Pensions; H.Conrad & V.Heindorf Hard Times for the Salaryman: Corporate Restructuring and Middle Managers' Working Lives; L.McCann, J.Hassard & J.Morris Japanese Engineers Abroad: Challenge and Opportunity in Globalization; K.McCormick 'Freeters': Young Atypical Workers in Japan; Y.Honda Quitting Companies: Individual Responses to Changing Employment Patterns in Early 2000s Japan; W.Lunsing Is It Worth Doing?: Highly Educated Housewives' Attitudes towards Work; A.Sasagawa Filipino Boxers and Hosts in Japan: The Feminization and Transnational Class Subjugation of Male Labour; N.Suzuki Defining a Second Career: Volunteering among Seniors in Japan; T.Leng Leng References Index