2005
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/jyi018
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In Search of Strategic Partners: Japan's Campaign for Equal Opportunity

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“…The corporate culture in Japan attaches paramount importance to men with certain backgrounds as the legitimate labor force by nurturing them to become the "right" workers through corporate mechanisms such as in-house training and overseas assignments, as in the case of an automobile company where "only male employees were sent to formal company training programs designed to improve overall skills and qualifications (kenshu)" (Shire, 2000, p. 62). In stark contrast to the mainstream male workforce-positioned to access corporate training and socioeconomic privilege-female workers in, for example, the information technology industry (Weathers, 2001(Weathers, , 2005, a sector commonly equated with globalization, are thwarted by the reality that "the rationalization of the telecommunications industry has led firms [in Japan] to replace regular employees, particularly women, with part-timers and to suspend programs promoting advancement of female employees" (Weathers, 2005, p. 84).…”
Section: Discussion Assumption 1 Workers Have Equal Access To Corpormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The corporate culture in Japan attaches paramount importance to men with certain backgrounds as the legitimate labor force by nurturing them to become the "right" workers through corporate mechanisms such as in-house training and overseas assignments, as in the case of an automobile company where "only male employees were sent to formal company training programs designed to improve overall skills and qualifications (kenshu)" (Shire, 2000, p. 62). In stark contrast to the mainstream male workforce-positioned to access corporate training and socioeconomic privilege-female workers in, for example, the information technology industry (Weathers, 2001(Weathers, , 2005, a sector commonly equated with globalization, are thwarted by the reality that "the rationalization of the telecommunications industry has led firms [in Japan] to replace regular employees, particularly women, with part-timers and to suspend programs promoting advancement of female employees" (Weathers, 2005, p. 84).…”
Section: Discussion Assumption 1 Workers Have Equal Access To Corpormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Elle joue également un rôle clé dans la tendance marquée de celles-ci à repousser de plus en plus l'âge du mariage et du premier enfant (Mirza 2010 ;Suzuki 2007 (Lam 1993(Lam , 1992Weathers 2005). Ainsi, il est rapidement apparu que les améliorations étaient généralement faites sur la forme, alors que les distinctions entre « travail de femme » et « travail d'homme » demeuraient fortement présentes.…”
Section: La Promotion De La Diversité En Lien Avec L'emploi Des Femmesunclassified
“…Ainsi, il est rapidement apparu que les améliorations étaient généralement faites sur la forme, alors que les distinctions entre « travail de femme » et « travail d'homme » demeuraient fortement présentes. Par exemple, en instaurant le système d'emploi à double voie en réponse à la LECE (Kimoto 2003 ;Lam 1993Lam , 1992Nakano 1996), les compagnies ont simplement institutionnalisé les formes indirectes de discrimination (Asakura 2004 ;Weathers 2005). En effet, dans ce système, les employés « choisissent » entre deux voies d'emploi au moment de leur embauche : la voie de la carrière (sōgōshoku) ou la voie générale (ippanshoku).…”
Section: La Promotion De La Diversité En Lien Avec L'emploi Des Femmesunclassified
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