Full Description
The globalisation of the present day world economy means that more and more people are experiencing different cultures through their work. Focusing on the real experiences of workers in Japanese transnational finance companies, this book not only throws light on this specific case, but at the same time raises timely questions and insights into the newly-emerging multicultural work experience worldwide. Japanese Bankers in the City of London reflects on contemporary discussions in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, of individual global movement and cultural interaction.
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Ambition and withdrawl - Japanese experience in the City 3. The Japanese financial community and its people 4. Segregation and languages of different work culture 5. Competing masculinities and contrasted femininities - gender relationships between culture 6. Floating identities between two imaginary world 7. Beyond national boundaries8. Conclusion - possibilities of new cultural identities in transnational working experiences
