Office Ladies and Salaried Men Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies

Name: Office Ladies and Salaried Men Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies
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ISBN: 9780520210448

ISBN-10: 0520210441

ISBN-13: 9780520210448

Edition: 1998

Authors: Yuko Ogasawara

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In large corporations in Japan, much of the clerical work is carried out by young women known as "office ladies" (OLs) or "flowers of the workplace." Largely nameless, OLs serve tea to the men and type and file their reports. They are exempt from the traditional lifetime employment and have few opportunities for promotion. In this engaging ethnography, Yuko Ogasawara exposes the ways that these women resist men's power, and why the men, despite their exclusive command of authority, often subject themselves to the women's control. Ogasawara, a Japanese sociologist trained in the United States, skillfully mines perceptive participant-observation analyses and numerous interviews to outline the…

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List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/30/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Japanese Labor Market and Office Ladies



Why Office Ladies Do Not Organize



Gossip



Popularity Poll



Acts of Resistance



Men Curry Favor with Women


Conclusion


Appendix A: Data and Methods



Profiles of Sarariman and Office Ladies Interviewed



Profiles of Fifteen Office Ladies at Tozai Bank



Profiles of Interviewees on Valentine's Day Gift-Giving



Summary of Telephone Interviews with Sarariman Wives Regarding White Day


Notes


Glossary


References


Index