Japanese bosses, Chinese workers : power and control in a Hong Kong megastore / Wong Heung Wah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wong, Heung Wah, 1963- author.

Series:

Anthropology of Asia series.

Anthropology of Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fumei (Firm : Hong Kong, China)--Personnel management.

Fumei (Firm : Hong Kong, China).

Supermarkets--China--Hong Kong--Personnel management--Case studies.

Supermarkets.

Corporations, Japanese--China--Hong Kong--Personnel management--Case studies.

Corporations, Japanese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Fumei as Regional 'Supermarket', Ogawa Family Company, and Religious Group; 3 Fumei as a Kaisha; 4 Fumei Comes to Hong Kong; 5 The Organisational and Spatial Aspects of Fumei Hong Kong; 6 Organised Dependence: The Organisation of Work and the Systems of Ranking, Compensation and Promotion; 7 The Institutional Culture I: The Relationships among the Japanese Staff

8 The Institutional Culture II: The Relationships between Japanese and Local Staff, and among Local Staff9 Conclusion; 10 Afterword; Glossary; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-136-81416-7

1-136-81409-4

1-315-02743-7

9781315027432

OCLC:

897453182