British Factory, Japanese Factory: The Origins of National Diversity in Industrial Relations,

by Ronald Dore

Book Overview

The Japanese way of work is notoriously 'different'. But is it Japan or Britain which is the odd man out? When originally published this was the first book to explore the real differences, through a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520024567
• ISBN13: 9780520024564
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Classic comparative organizational/industrial sociology

While this book is rather dated -- it was initially published in 1973 and is based on fieldwork done even earlier -- it is a classic of comparative organizational/industrial sociology. I can't say that I enjoyed reading it, but that's mainly because it was required for a course and my perspective at the time was much more Marxist than sociological and I objected to every non-materialist inference that Dore drew. Nevertheless, in retrospect, this is a well-written, well-observed, and solid scholarly work. Note that it is written by an academic for academics; it's nobody's casual reading.