Perspectives on work, employment and society in Japan /
edited by Peter Matanle and Wim Lunsing.
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- xiii, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-266) and index.
Evolution of the Japanese employment system in comparative perspective / From post-war to post-bubble / Beyond lifetime employment? / Recent changes in compensation practices in large Japanese companies / Hard times for the salaryman / Japanese engineers abroad / Freeters' / Quitting companies / Is it worth doing? / Filipino boxers and hosts in Japan / Defining a second career / Franz Waldenberger -- Helen Macnaughtan -- Peter Matanle -- Harald Conrad and Viktoria Heindorf -- Leo McCann, John Hassard and Jonathan Morris -- Kevin McCormick -- Yuki Honda -- Wim Lunsing -- Ayumi Sasagawa -- Nobue Suzuki and Sachi Takahata -- Leng Leng Thang.
Presenting perspectives on how work and employment develop in contemporary Japan, this text is useful to those with an interest in work and employment in Japan, from scholars and specialists in HRM and management, to economists, sociologists and anthropologists.
9780230002005 0230002005
2006045314
GBA652421 bnb
013485630 Uk
Manpower policy--Japan.
Labor market--Japan.
Employees--Japan.
Aufsatzsammlung.
HD5827.A6 / P47 2006
331.10952
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-266) and index.
Evolution of the Japanese employment system in comparative perspective / From post-war to post-bubble / Beyond lifetime employment? / Recent changes in compensation practices in large Japanese companies / Hard times for the salaryman / Japanese engineers abroad / Freeters' / Quitting companies / Is it worth doing? / Filipino boxers and hosts in Japan / Defining a second career / Franz Waldenberger -- Helen Macnaughtan -- Peter Matanle -- Harald Conrad and Viktoria Heindorf -- Leo McCann, John Hassard and Jonathan Morris -- Kevin McCormick -- Yuki Honda -- Wim Lunsing -- Ayumi Sasagawa -- Nobue Suzuki and Sachi Takahata -- Leng Leng Thang.
Presenting perspectives on how work and employment develop in contemporary Japan, this text is useful to those with an interest in work and employment in Japan, from scholars and specialists in HRM and management, to economists, sociologists and anthropologists.
9780230002005 0230002005
2006045314
GBA652421 bnb
013485630 Uk
Manpower policy--Japan.
Labor market--Japan.
Employees--Japan.
Aufsatzsammlung.
HD5827.A6 / P47 2006
331.10952