Japanese Blue Collar
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Japanese Blue Collar

The Changing Tradition

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Japanese Blue Collar

The Changing Tradition

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1971.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. SIGNS OF THE TIMES
  7. INDUSTRIALIZATION AND TRADITION
  8. CULTURAL UNIQUENESS
  9. THE FIRM AS CORPORATE GROUP
  10. CHAPTER I THE FRAMEWORK OF NATIONAL POWER, LEGISLATION, AND THE ECONOMY
  11. POLITICAL POWER AND THE WORKERS
  12. SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
  13. LABOR STANDARDS LAW
  14. THE DUAL ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
  15. CHAPTER II THE SETTING
  16. WORKING IN THE FACTORY
  17. PARTICIPATION OBSERVATION AS A RESEARCH METHOD
  18. TAKEI DIECAST
  19. TAKEI DIECAST IN PERSPECTIVE
  20. GUJO AUTO PARTS
  21. THE TWO WORKER TYPES
  22. BACKGROUND FACTORS IN THE TWO TYPES
  23. CHAPTER III REWARDS: WAGES AND THE WORKER
  24. MODERNIZATION AND THE WAGE STRUCTURE
  25. JAPANESE WAGE-RATE STRUCTURES
  26. RELATION OF FACTORY PERFORMANCE TO WAGES
  27. TENSIONS FOR CHANGE
  28. WORKERS AND NENKŌ
  29. MANAGEMENT AND NENKŌ
  30. A GROUP INCENTIVE WAGE SYSTEM
  31. CHAPTER IV WORKER SEARCH FOR ADVANCEMENT AND SECURITY
  32. NENKŌ PROMOTION
  33. PRESSURES FOR CHANGE
  34. WORKER PERSPECTIVES ON PROMOTION
  35. THE STATUS RANKING SYSTEM
  36. THE INS AND OUTS OF PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
  37. TAKEI DIECAST AND PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
  38. THE BACK DOOR TO PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
  39. PRESSURES FOR CHANGE
  40. WORKER RIGHTS AND REALITIES OF THE LABOR MARKET
  41. WORKER ASPIRATIONS OUTSIDE THE COMPANY
  42. CHAPTER V UNITY AND CLEAVAGE AMONG WORKERS
  43. IN-GROUP UNITY
  44. WORKER CATEGORIES
  45. SOME BASES OF WORKER COALITIONS
  46. PRESTIGE RANKING OF JOBS
  47. AGE: A FOCAL POINT OF COALITION AND CLEAVAGE
  48. WORKERS AND THE WORK CYCLE
  49. WORKER COMPETITION
  50. CHAPTER VI THE WORKER AND THE COMPANY: THE SHAPE OF PATERNALISM
  51. THE WORKER AND THE FOREMAN
  52. RECRUITMENT AND THE WEB
  53. CHANGING PATTERNS OF RECRUITMENT
  54. OYABUN-KOBUN RELATIONS
  55. GIRI RELATIONS IN THE FACTORY
  56. THE INSTRUMENTAL USE OF GIRI
  57. GIRI: CITY AND COUNTRY COMPARED
  58. MANAGEMENT SUCCESSION
  59. CHAPTER VII THE WORKER AND THE UNION: AUTONOMY AND IDEOLOGY
  60. UNION ACTIVITY IN THE SHOP
  61. INTERNAL UNION DEMOCRACY
  62. THE REVOLUTION THAT FIZZLED
  63. UNION AUTONOMY AND THE COMPANY
  64. SOME EXAMPLES OF VOTING BEHAVIOR
  65. THE APPEAL OF LEFT-WING IDEOLOGY
  66. CHAPTER VIII CHANGING CHARACTERISTICS OF BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS
  67. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  68. INDEX