The changing face of Japanese retail : working in a chain store / Louella Matsunaga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matsunaga, Louella, 1959-

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nagasakiya (1948)--History.

Nagasakiya (1948).

Retail trade--Japan.

Retail trade.

Stores, Retail--Japan.

Stores, Retail.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines employment structure, working practice and recruitment strategies in Japanese retail in the 1990s through a case-study of one large chain store. Issues focused on include gender in the workplace, changing notions of corporate community and the impact of Japan's recent recession. In particular the research presented here challenges the view of part-time female staff as peripheral to the workforce and asks whether a rethink of the Japanese employment system is now overdue.

Contents:

Front Cover; The Changing Face of Japanese Retail; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes; 1. The changing face of the Japanese company; 2. Nagasakiya and the retail sector in Japan; 3. Recruitment; 4. Member of Nagasakiya, member of society: company entrance and narratives of adulthood; 5. Harmony and consensus? Employee relations in the workplace; 6. Unity and fragmentation: group events within the company; 7. Gender issues: working women in Nagasakiya; 8. Company men and pillars of the household: sources of identity

9. Rethinking the Japanese company Notes; Appendix 1: Nagasakiya Motto and Statement of Management Vision 1991; Appendix 2: Timetable of initial training course for female high-school graduates, March 1991; Appendix 3: Nagasakiya training course for new company members 1991: course rules; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-58307-9

1-280-40213-X

9786610402137

0-203-18595-1

9780203185957

OCLC:

49569967