Diversity at Kaizen Motors: Gender, Race, Age and Insecurity in a Japanese Auto Transplant

Authors

Darina Lepadatu, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow
Thomas Janoski, University of Kentucky

Department

Sociology and Criminal Justice

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

9-1-2011

Abstract

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.