Women's Employment in Japan: The Experience of Part-time Workers (Asaa Women in Asia Series,)

The Low Status Accorded To Part-time Workers In Japan Has Resulted In Huge Inequalities In The Workplace. This Book Examines The Problem In-depth Using Case-study Investigations In Japanese Workplaces, And Reveals The Extent Of The Inequality. It Shows How Many Part-time Workers, Most Of Whom Are Women, Are Concentrated In Low Paid, Low Skilled, Poorly Unionised Service Sector Jobs. Part-time Workers In Japan Work Hours Equivalent To, Or Greater Than, Full-time Workers, But Receive Lower Financial And Welfare Benefits Than Their Full-time Colleagues. Overall, The Book Demonstrates That The Way Part-time Work Is Constructed In Japan Reinforces And Institutionalises The Sexual Division Of Labour.--book Jacket. 1. Gendered Employment Tracks: 'part-time' Versus 'life-time' -- 2. Conceptualising The Feminisation Of Part-time Work In Japan -- 3. Daiichi: Introducing The Supermarket Giant -- 4. 'with What I Know, I Should Be A Manager...' -- 5. 'when I Get Home, I Have To Be A Mother...' -- 6. Power In The Union? -- 7. What Can Be Said About Part-time Work In Japan? Kaye Broadbent. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 155-165) And Index. In 1985 during a one-year exchange as a teacher of English to Japanese primary school children, I was surprised to discover that the company classified a female friend and colleague as a part-time employee.