Inside a Japanese Transplant: A Critical Perspective.

Graham, Laurie

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ERIC Number: EJ460826

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Publication Date: 1993

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Inside a Japanese Transplant: A Critical Perspective.

Graham, Laurie

Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v20 n2 p147-73 May 1993

A hidden participant/observer working in a Japanese auto plant in the United States discovered worker resistance to Japanese management practices in the form of sabotage, protest, agitation, and confrontation. Results questioned assumptions that participatory techniques increase worker control and decentralized authority increases worker autonomy. (SK)

Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Participative Decision Making, Resistance (Psychology), Social Control, Teamwork

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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