Going global : culture, gender, and authority in the Japanese subsidiary of an American corporation / Ellen V. Fuller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuller, Ellen V., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations, American--Social aspects--Japan.

Corporations, American.

International business enterprises--Japan--Employees.

International business enterprises.

Corporate culture--Japan.

Corporate culture.

Management--Japan.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this intriguing ethnography, Ellen Fuller investigates how issues of gender and identity as they relate to authority are addressed in a globalizing corporate culture. Going Global goes behind the office politics, turf wars and day-to-day workings of a transnational American company in Japan in the late 1990's as employees try to establish a comfortable place within the company. Fuller looks at how relationships among Asians and between Asians and Americans are tested as individuals are promoted to positions of power and authority. Is there pressure for the Japanese to be

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Culture, Gender, and Authority in Transnational Corporate Contexts; Chapter 2 Setting Transco within the Contexts of American and Japanese Corporations; Chapter 3 Uncertainty, Trust, and Commitment: Defining the Self in Relation to Employment at Transco; Chapter 4 Identity and Perception at Transco: Manifestations of Confusion; Chapter 5 Authority as Culture and Gender Dominance; Chapter 6 Embracing Chaos: Toward a More Genuine Valuation of Difference; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.

ISBN:

9786612047329

9781282047327

1282047329

9781592136902

1592136907

OCLC:

476237680