Western Women Working in Japan: Breaking Corporate Barriers

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Globalization demands that more employees become comfortable working outside their home country borders. "Piercing the bamboo wall" is a research-based description of the work and living situations facing foreign professional women who work in Japan. This book draws upon detailed survey data and in-depth interviews, as well as the experiences of the authors, who have lived or worked in Japan during the last 20 years. It examines how foreign women can succeed in Japanese and foreign firms operating in Japan, by describing what helps these Western women adjust to Japan and work with Japanese bosses, subordinates and clients. These women face some different problems than men, yet are armed with special advantages.

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"Napier and Taylor have done an excellent job of researching the mythically nonexistent woman manager in Japan--both local and expatriate--and have shown us that she does exist and that she can succeed. This book is must reading for women international managers, international HR managers, and international management researchers."- Dr. Nancy J. Adler, Professor of Management McGill University, Montreal, Canada coauthor of Competitive Frontiers, Women Managers in a Global Economy and Women in Management Worldwide
"This book's value goes well beyond the simple prescriptive advice so often given to people going on overseas assignments. It is a serious, scholarly book that adds considerable insight into the broad issues of staffing, development, and the effectiveness of women in the global firm. There are many lessons here for both men and women and the firms that hire them."-Heidi Vernon-Wortzel, Professor of Management Director of International Business Programs Northeastern University
In this research-based book, Napier and Taylor provide information on the experiences of Western women workers in Japan, examining the knowledge, skills, and behaviors associated with successful adjustment...The volume is particularly useful for women seeking work in Japan or firms sending women employees to Japan. For academic and professional collections supporting comprehensive international business collections.-Choice
"In this research-based book, Napier and Taylor provide information on the experiences of Western women workers in Japan, examining the knowledge, skills, and behaviors associated with successful adjustment...The volume is particularly useful for women seeking work in Japan or firms sending women employees to Japan. For academic and professional collections supporting comprehensive international business collections."-Choice

Author Bio

NANCY K. NAPIER, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at Boise State University, worked for several years at Battelle Memorial Institute in contract research for Nissan, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and Nippon Steel. She has taught and done research in the areas of strategic and human resource management, international management, and mergers and acquisition implementation. Her most recent research has been done in Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Vietnam. SULLY TAYLOR is an Assistant Professor of International Management at the School of Business Administration, Portland State University, and has taught in Spain and Japan. She has conducted cross-cultural training for NEC, Fujitsu, DEC, Aldus, and others. Her specialty is international human resource management and Japanese management.