Going Global: Culture, Gender, and Authority in the Japanese Subsidiary of an American Corporation

by Ellen Fuller

Overview

Labor Studies and Work/Asian Studies/Business/Economics

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592136889
Publisher:	Temple University Press
Publication date:	01/15/2009
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Ellen V. Fuller is Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Studies in Women and Gender at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface 
Acknowledgements 
1. Culture, Gender, and Authority in Transnational Corporate Contexts 
2. Setting Transco within the Contexts of American and Japanese Corporations 
3. Uncertainty, Trust, and Commitment: Defining the Self in Relation to Employment in Transco 
4. Identity and Perception at Transco: Manifestations of Confusion 
5. Authority as Culture and Gender Dominance 
6. Embracing Chaos: Toward a More Genuine Valuation of Difference 
Notes 
Reference 
Index

Editorial Reviews

"Going Global is a thorough and interesting ethnographic study of a mainstream US organization in Japan, a context particularly well-suited for addressing the confluence of gender, culture, and authority issues that are its focus. The author's position as a bilingual insider with extensive access both to individuals and to organizational processes gives credibility to the descriptive accounts and confidence in the relevance of the findings. The specific organizational setting also strengthens Fuller's intended interdisciplinary appeal and highlights the rich insights and very real implications for those in similar organizations responsible to hire, develop, and assess managerial employees in foreign operations."
—John A. Volkmar, Otterbein College

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