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Men Under Pressure: Representations of the 'Salaryman' and His Organization in Japanese MangaPeter MatanleUniversity of Sheffield - School of East Asian Studies; Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies Leo McCannUniversity of Manchester - Manchester Business School Darren-Jon AshmoreAkita International University August 18, 2008 Organization, Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 639-664, 2008 Abstract: In this paper we analyse representations of the Japanese salaryman and Japanese organization in Japanese manga, or graphic novels, during the turbulent decades from the mid-1980s to the present day. We argue that manga presents salarymen protagonists in a sympathetic yet not uncritical light, and that it displays support for and criticism of both the Japanese and American organizational models. In addition, we describe how these manga offer important critical challenges from the world of popular culture to the direction of change in Japanese business organizations since the 1980s. Moreover, we suggest that the manga may also provide salarymen with opportunities for critically re-evaluating their own working situations and for developing methods for surviving and thriving under the pressures of working within contemporary Japanese business organizations.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 42 Keywords: manga, popular culture, Japan, varieties of capitalism, gender JEL Classification: Z10, N30, J41, J5, J50, J53, J6, J70, L20, L22, M10, M12, M50, M51, M54 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: December 13, 2011 ; Last revised: January 6, 2012Suggested CitationContact Information
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