Accidental Office Lady. Laura Kriska

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      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

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      Copyright © 2011, 1997 by Laura Kriska

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      ISBN 978-1-4629-0014-5

      First edition, 1997

      Revised edition, 2011

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Kriska, Laura.

      The accidental office lady : an American woman in corporate Japan / Laura Kriska.

      p. cm.

      ISBN 978-1-4629-0014-5

      1. Kriska, Laura. 2. Women executives--United States--Biography. 3. Women executives--Japan--Biography. 4. Corporate culture--Japan. 5. Automobile industry and trade--Japan--Management. 6. Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha--Biography. I. Title.

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      The Office Ladies

      Contents

       Acknowledgments 9

       Foreword 11

       Prologue 15

       1 Uniform 21

       2 Office Ladies 40

       3 Ms. Mori 65

       4 Sisters and Uncles 84

       5 Conformity and the Helicopter Ride 102

       6 Alone 114

       7 Finding Myself on the Map 121

       8 The Maverick 135

       9 The Art of Negotiation 152

       10 Lessons on Mt. Fuji 165

       11 Transition 174

       12 Salaryman 191

       13 The Factory 207

       14 Life in Sayama 217

       15 Culture Lessons 229

       16 Permanent Effects 245

       Acknowledgments

      FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND KINDNESS During my time in Japan, I would like to thank Shigeyoshi Yoshida, Mieko Ogiwara, Yumiko Shoji, Hiroko Kanno, Kumiko Hashimoto, Yasuko Kodama, Akiko Onoguchi, Kayoko Furokawa, Ayako Nishiyama, Yoko Sashi, Michio Iwata, Tetsuo Chino, Toshiro Yamada, Moritaka Higuchi, Tom Umeno, Koji Arinami, Rika Takeuchi, Masakazu Iino, Tokiko Iino, Eric Peabody, Bret Anderson, Susan Insley, and Scott Whitlock.

      I am also grateful to the following friends and family members who provided encouragement and various kinds of support during the writing of this book:

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