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Author Nemoto, Kumiko, 1970- author.

Title Too few women at the top : the persistence of inequality in Japan / Kumiko Nemoto.

Publication Info. Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Sex discrimination in employment -- Japan.
Sex role in the work environment -- Japan.
Sex discrimination against women -- Japan.
Women -- Employment -- Japan.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Nemoto, Kumiko. Too few women at the top : the persistence of inequality in Japan. Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016 9781501702488
ISBN 9781501702488 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781501702488
9781501706219 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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