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Diversity at Kaizen Motors

Diversity at Kaizen Motors

Diversity at Kaizen Motors

Darina Lepadatu / Thomas Janoski

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2011
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Estudios de género, grupos de género
ISBN:
9780761855941

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This book reveals the dynamics of gender, race and age as American workers at a Japanese auto factory actually experience it for themselves. This methodical case study exposes the rhetoric of diversity to the realities and pressures of lean production in a blue collar environment.

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