ABOUT THIS BOOKIn this study, Kunio Odaka discusses the complex attitudes of Japanese workers toward management, unions, work, and leisure. The results of his scholarly surveys indicate a trend toward the democratization of Japanese industrial management. In part, the book is a presentation of Odaka’s belief in the necessity for greater worker participation in the decisions that affect their working lives, a belief that is indeed radical in the Japanese setting.
REVIEWSThese materials are very important to anyone who wishes to understand the structure of Japanese society. Indeed, in this role they are close to unique…Odaka's study makes a basic contribution to comparative industrial sociology at both the descriptive and theoretical levels.
-- Alex Inkles