Globalization and Gender : Labor Management for Female Workers at the Overseas Factory in a Japanese Automobile Company

• Project/Area Number: 19710216
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Japan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: SYUTO Wakana Japan Women's University, 家政学部, 講師 (30323158)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
• Keywords: 女性労働 / 日系企業 / 国際比較 / ジェンダー / グローバル化

Research Abstract

The aim of this project is to analyze the labor management of overseas factory in a Japanese automobile company from the aspect of gender. Based on interview with managers and trade union leaders, I examined differences in employment management for female workers between overseas factories and the Japanese factory.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Occupational Sex Segregation and the Japanese Employment Model (2009)
  • Author(s): Wakana Shuto
  • Journal Title: Japan Labor Review Vol.6-1 Pages: 21-35
• [Journal Article] Occupational Sex Segregation and the Japanese Employment Model (2009)
  • Author(s): Wakana SHUTO
  • Journal Title: Japan Labor Review Vol.6-1 Pages: 21-35
• [Journal Article] Occupational Sex Segregation and the Japanese Employment Model : Case Studies of the Railway and Automobile Industries (2009)
  • Author(s): Wakana SHUTO
  • Journal Title: Japan Labor Review Volume 6, Number 1 Pages: 21-35
• [Book] 叢書・働くということ第5巻 労使コミュニケーション(女性と労働組合--『男性稼ぎ主モデル』の視角から--) (2009)
  • Author(s): 久本憲夫編著
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] 叢書・働くということ第5巻労使コミュニケーション (2009)
  • Author(s): 久本憲夫編著
  • Total Pages: 306
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Book] The impact of globalization on trade unions: the situation in Japan(Edited by A. Bieler, I. Lindberg, D. Pillay, Labour and the Challenges of Globalization: What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity?) (2008)
  • Author(s): Wakana SHUTO, Mac Urata
  • Publisher: Pluto Press
• [Book] Labour and The Challenges of Globalization
  • Author(s): Edited by A. Bieler, I. Lindberg and D. Pillay
  • Publisher: Pluto Press