| Women's Employment in Japan: The Experience of Part-time Workers Contributor(s): Broadbent, Kaye (Author) |
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ISBN: 0700717439 ISBN-13: 9780700717439 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: The low status accorded to part-time workers in Japan has resulted in huge inequalities in the workplace. This book examines the problem in-depth using case-study investigations in Japanese workplaces, and reveals the extent of the inequality. It shows how many part-time workers, most of whom are women, are concentrated in low paid, low skilled, poorly unionised service sector jobs. Part-time workers in Japan work hours equivalent to, or greater than, full-time workers, but receive lower financial and welfare benefits than their full-time colleagues. Overall, the book demonstrates that the way part-time work is constructed in Japan reinforces and institutionalises the sexual division of labour. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Women In Business - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.425 |
| LCCN: 2002036710 |
| Series: Asaa Women in Asia Series |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.36" W x 9.26" (0.92 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Sex & Gender - Feminine |