Annotation 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.
Contents
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.
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