Southern Economic Journal · 1988 · 53 citations · 0 references
Japanese HistoryEast Asian StudiesSocial TheoryValue TheoryJapanese BusinessIndustrial OrganizationCultural StudiesSocial SciencesLabour StudyJapan StudyCultural HistorySilk ManufacturerSocial IdentitySocial Value TheoryHuman ValueChinese CultureBusiness HistoryIndustrial DevelopmentSociologyOmi KenshiBusiness
This is a tale based on the strike which took place in the mid-1950s at Omi Kenshi, a silk manufacturer not far from Tokyo. The events described reflect the management / labour tensions of the period and the book is a piece of social commentary on the transformation of Japanese business.