For Harmony and Strength: Japanese White-Collar Organization in Anthropological Perspective Volume 9

by Thomas P. Rohlen

Book Overview

"Rohten has demonstrated that traditional anthropological method and theory can be adjusted to the analysis of complex organizations. The book provides a holistic perspective of a Japanese bank and its more than 3,000 employees. Methodologically, Rohlen analyzed this bank in much the same fashion as he would have carried out the study of a small community. Eleven months of participant observation within the bank and among its employees after work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520038495
• ISBN13: 9780520038493
• Release Date: July 1979
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"