Going Global

Ellen V. Fuller is Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Studies in Women and Gender at the University of Virginia.

• Preface Acknowledgements 1. Culture, Gender, and Authority in Transnational Corporate Contexts 2. Setting Transco within the Contexts of American and Japanese Corporations 3. Uncertainty, Trust, and Commitment: Defining the Self in Relation to Employment in Transco 4. Identity and Perception at Transco: Manifestations of Confusion 5. Authority as Culture and Gender Dominance 6. Embracing Chaos: Toward a More Genuine Valuation of Difference Notes Reference Index

"Going Global is a thorough and interesting ethnographic study of a mainstream US organization in Japan, a context particularly well-suited for addressing the confluence of gender, culture, and authority issues that are its focus. The author's position as a bilingual insider with extensive access both to individuals and to organizational processes gives credibility to the descriptive accounts and confidence in the relevance of the findings. The specific organizational setting also strengthens Fuller's intended interdisciplinary appeal and highlights the rich insights and very real implications for those in similar organizations responsible to hire, develop, and assess managerial employees in foreign operations."-John A. Volkmar, Otterbein College