Japanese Workplaces in Transition: Employee Perceptions

By H Meyer-Ohle

Changing Workplaces - Blogging about Work Capturing Change in Workplaces Blog Entries to Learn about Employee Perceptions Japanese Corporations under Pressure: Changing Employment Practices in Three Industries Electronics Industries Banking 21 Retailing 27 Putting Developments into Perspective - Raising Questions Experiencing Corporate Reorganization Being Transferred to Another Company: Chance or Dead End Street? Retiring Early, Being Retired, Surviving Downsizing and Restructuring in Context Facing Changing Principles of Employment Responding to Change: Generations Apart? From Seniority to Performance Drawing Consequences: New Mindsets, Skills and Changing Jobs Taking Up Non-Regular Employment Types of Non-Regular Employment Voluntary or Lack of Alternatives? Living with Anxieties Working as a Non-Regular Employee Conflicting Motivations and Expectations Developing a Career? Situating Non-Regular Employment Conclusions - Importance of Perceptions, Employability, and Directions of Change

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349310824
• ISBN13: 9781349310821
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"