Assembling work
Subtitle: remaking factory regimes in Japanese multinationals in Britain
By: Tony Elger and Chris Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Chris, 1953-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Corporations, Japanese -- Great Britain; Foreign subsidiaries -- Great Britain; Manufacturing industries -- Great Britain -- Foreign ownership; Industrial relations -- Great Britain; Industrial management -- Japan; International business enterprises; Globalization
Description: Japanese manufacturing firms established in Britain have often been portrayed as carriers of Japanese corporate best practice for work and employment. In this book, the authors challenge these views through case study research undertaken at several Japanese manufacturing plants in Britain during the 1990s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-392) and index.