British factory, Japanese factory : the origins of national diversity in industrial relations
by Ronald Dore ; with a new afterword by the author.
- Berkeley University of California Press [1990], c1973.
- 467 p. ill. 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Four factories: a first look -- The workers: who they are, how they are recruited and trained -- Wages -- Unions: membership and organization -- Industrial relations: mainly England -- Industrial relations: mainly Japan -- Industrial relations: a summ ary -- The enterprise as community -- Authority, function and status -- Two employment systems -- Some implications -- The 'Japanese employment system' and recent trends of change -- Britain catching up? -- The origins of the Japanese employment system -- Late development.