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WOMEN'S GROWING ROLE IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
Author(s) -
Tanaka Yasumasa
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207599008247925
Subject(s) - politics , perspective (graphical) , mass media , work (physics) , contemporary society , sociology , cultural values , public relations , political science , gender studies , political economy , social science , law , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering
This paper discusses the ongoing changes in socio‐cultural values regarding women in business and industrial infrastructure accruing from the emerging womenpower in contemporary Japan. Women are becoming an important part of corporate culture. Their role in political life is also increasing. The mass media programmes are frequently targeted to female audiences. In contrast, the fate of men, especially that of husbands, seems to be getting increasingly obscure in contemporary Japanese society. From the perspective of work organizations, a true picture of ongoing changes in socio‐cultural values regarding women and in the infrastructure accrued from the emerging womenpower in Japan deserves future research attention.