Women's Employment in Japan
Subtitle: The Experience of Part-time Workers (Asaa Women in Asia Series,)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: April 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780700717439
Subjects: Labour economics; Women's studies; Work & labour; History; Business / Economics / Finance; History: World; Japan; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Women & Business; History / Japan; Asia - Japan; Women's Studies - General; Employment; Part-time employment; Women
First sentence: In 1985 during a one-year exchange as a teacher of English to Japanese primary school children, I was surprised to discover that the company classified a female friend and colleague as a part-time employee.