Going Global: Culture, Gender, and Authority in the Japanese Subsidiary of an American Corporation »

Ellen V. Fuller is Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Studies in Women and Gender at the University of Virginia.

Labor Studies and Work/Asian Studies/Business/Economics

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Chapter 1 Culture, Gender, and Authority in Transnational Corporate Contexts 1

Chapter 2 Setting Transco within the Contexts of American and Japanese Corporations 32

Chapter 3 Uncertainty, Trust, and Commitment: Defining the Self in Relation to Employment at Transco 55

Chapter 4 Identity and Perception at Transco: Manifestations of Confusion 80

Chapter 5 Authority as Culture and Gender Dominance 117

Chapter 6 Embracing Chaos: Toward a More Genuine Valuation of Difference 151

Notes 179

References 191

Index 205