Japanese Company in Crisis Ideology, Strategy, and Narrative

Japanese white-collar workers have been characterised by their intense loyalty and life-long commitment to their companies. This book is based on very extensive ethnographic research inside a Japanese insurance company during the period when the company was going through a major crisis which ended in the company's bankruptcy and collapse. It examines the attitudes of Japanese employees towards their work, their company and related issues at a time when the established order and established attitudes were under threat. The wide range and detail of the reporting of workers' attitudes, often in their own words, sustained over a considerable timescale, makes this study a particularly valuable resource.Graham, Fiona is the author of 'Japanese Company in Crisis Ideology, Strategy, and Narrative', published 2005 under ISBN 9780415346856 and ISBN 0415346851.