Too few women at the top : the persistence of inequality in Japan /
The number of women in positions of power and authority in Japanese companies has remained small despite the increase in the number of educated women and the passage of legislation on gender equality. In Too Few Women at the Top, Kumiko Nemoto draws on theoretical insights regarding Japan's coo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2016.
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| ISBN: | 9781501706752 1501706756 9781501706219 1501706217 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- The latent function of sex segregation in the Japanese business system
- The Japanese way of change : recasting institutional coordination, sustaining gender inequality
- Studying sex segregation in five Japanese companies
- Women as cheap labor : salaries, promotions, ghettos, and the culture of woman blaming
- Production and navigation of gender bias : heroic masculinity, female misogyny, and queen bees
- Thwarted ambitions and sympathy : long working hours, sex segregation, and the price of masculinity
- Hostess culture and women's jobs : obligatory femininity and sexual harassment.