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Masculinity in Service/Knowledge Economy: Basic Research on the Changes of Welfare-Employment Regime

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23530641
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionHokkaido University (2012-2014)
Tohoku University (2011)

Principal Investigator

IMAI Jun  北海道大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (30545653)

Project Period (FY) 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Keywords男性性の変化 / 雇用の多様化 / 産業構造の転換 / 男性性 / 非正規雇用 / 新しい産業 / 国際情報交換(ドイツ) / 国際情報交換 / 国際情報交流
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examined the impacts of the industrial structural change and the employment diversification on Japan's gender order focusing on men. Salaryman-masculinity, the hegemonic masculinity in Japan, was shaped tightly associated with the development of Japanese-style labor management. Thus it is expected that its change can be observed as the results of the changing employment relations. Drawing evidences from the researches at five small firms, including the interviews to management and labor, questionnaire survey to 526 employees (response rate 51.7%) and 23 employee interviews, there are two major findings. Regular workers are so tightly integrated to their employing firms that they do less domestic works than they expect themselves to do. Non-regular workers tend to take distance from the requirements of flexibility and commitment to the firms, the hegemonic cultural requirement in the society. However their employment status cannot provide legitimacy to their choices.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Policy Responses to the Precarity of Non-Regular Employment in Japan: Path Dependence of the Negotiated Order of Inequality2015

    • Author(s)
      Imai Jun
    • Journal Title

      Policy Responses to Precarious Work in Asia

      Volume: n.a.

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Cultures of Lifetime Employment: Change and Continuity in 21st Century Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      Imai Jun
    • Organizer
      British Association of Japanese Studies
    • Place of Presentation
      SOAS, University of London (ロンドン・イギリス)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-09 – 2015-09-11
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Link between Employment and Welfare and the Consequences for Social Inclusion of Non-Standard Workers2014

    • Author(s)
      Imai Jun
    • Organizer
      World Congress of Sociology
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜 (神奈川県横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-07-13 – 2014-07-18
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 変化するワーク・ライフ・バランスについての企業・労働者総合調査 報告書2014

    • Author(s)
      今井 順
    • Total Pages
      299
    • Publisher
      北海道大学大学院文学研究科社会システム科学講座
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 変化するワーク・ライフ・バランスについての企業・労働者総合調査 報告書

    • URL

      http://researchmap.jp/read0145764/

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 変化するワーク・ライフ・バランスについての企業・労働者総合調査 報告書

    • URL

      http://researchmap.jp/read0145764/

    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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