Inside the Japanese Company Contributor(s): Graham, Fiona (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415306701 ISBN-13: 9780415306706 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 Annotation: Based on extensive original research this work explores the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and on related issues. Based on extensive original research inside a Japanese insurance company (C-Life), which subsequently went bankrupt, the book shows that attitudes towards lifetime employment, company loyalty and the other characteristics of Japanese working life, which are often portrayed in stereotype form in the West, are in fact more complicated than is at first apparent. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Insurance - Life - History | Asia - General - Business & Economics | International - General |
Dewey: 368.320 |
LCCN: 2003040926 |
Lexile Measure: 1170 |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.58" W x 9.76" (1.13 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
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Publisher Description: Graham explores the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and on related issues. Based on extensive original research inside a Japanese insurance company (C-Life), which subsequently went bankrupt, the book shows that attitudes towards lifetime employment, company loyalty and the other characteristics of Japanese working life, which are often portrayed in stereotype form in the West, are in fact more complicated than is at first apparent. |