A Japanese company in crisis
Subtitle: ideology, strategy, and narrative
By: Fiona Graham.
Series: RoutledgeCurzon Contemporary Japan series ;; 1
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: C-Life (Firm) -- Employees -- Attitudes.; C-Life (Firm) -- Employees -- Longitudinal studies.; Corporate culture -- Japan -- Case studies.; Business failures -- Japan -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: Japanese white-collar workers have been characterised by their intense loyalty and life-long commitment to their companies. This book is based on very extensive ethnographic research inside a Japanese insurance company during the period when the company was going through a major crisis which ended in the company's bankruptcy and collapse. It examines the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and related issues at a time when the established order and established attitudes were under threat. The wide range and detail of the reporting of workers' attitudes, often in their own words, sustained over a considerable timescale, makes this study a particularly valuable resource.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.