Darina Lepadatu, Thomas Janoski

Diversity at Kaizen Motors

Gender, Race, Age, and Insecurity in a Japanese Auto Transplant

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book reveals the dynamics of gender, race and age as American workers at a Japanese auto factory actually experience it for themselves. This methodical case study exposes the rhetoric of diversity to the realities and pressures of lean production in a blue collar environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9780761855941
• ISBN-10: 0761855947
• Artikelnr.: 34162929

Autorenporträt

By Darina Lepadatu and Thomas Janoski

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Tables and Figures Part 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Bringing
Diversity to Teams in Japanese Transplants Chapter 4 Welcome to Kaizen
Motors! Chapter 5 Queens of the Line: Gender and Identity in Teams Chapter
6 Sexual Attraction on the Line: Family, Affairs and Team Intensification
Chapter 7 The Color Line: Race and Identity in Teams Chapter 8 The Aging
Gurus and Young Gung-hoes Chapter 9 The Underdogs: Temporary Workers and
Team Degradation Chapter 10 Conclusion Part 11 Appendix 1: Interviewer's
Guide Part 12 Appendix 2: Methodology and Data Collection Part 13
References Part 14 Notes Part 15 Index Part 16 About the Authors