Japanese workplaces in transition : employee perceptions
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Japanese workplaces in transition : employee perceptions
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
- : hardback
Available at 36 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-203) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Exploring the changes in Japanese workplaces such as restructuring, incentive principles and the increasing use of contingent workers from the perspective of employees, this title provides new insights into the mindsets of the workers by contrasting survey and theoretical sources with excerpts from blogs published by Japanese people.
Table of Contents
Changing Workplaces - Blogging about Work Capturing Change in Workplaces Blog Entries to Learn about Employee Perceptions Japanese Corporations under Pressure: Changing Employment Practices in Three Industries Electronics Industries Banking 21 Retailing 27 Putting Developments into Perspective - Raising Questions Experiencing Corporate Reorganization Being Transferred to Another Company: Chance or Dead End Street? Retiring Early, Being Retired, Surviving Downsizing and Restructuring in Context Facing Changing Principles of Employment Responding to Change: Generations Apart? From Seniority to Performance Drawing Consequences: New Mindsets, Skills and Changing Jobs Taking Up Non-Regular Employment Types of Non-Regular Employment Voluntary or Lack of Alternatives? Living with Anxieties Working as a Non-Regular Employee Conflicting Motivations and Expectations Developing a Career? Situating Non-Regular Employment Conclusions - Importance of Perceptions, Employability, and Directions of Change
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