Doctoral Dissertation Research in Sociology

正在出现的国民生产总值不断下降的情况， 经济边界是外国公司的流动，而不是 只有在目前工业化的国家，如 美国，也是第三世界国家。这是 尤其是当我们观察日本人的运动时， 和美国公司进入相同的国家，使用类似的 在竞争激烈的行业工作的工人， 电子和汽车零部件。当这些公司 在熟悉的社会之外进行生产操作 和劳动力市场环境，令人兴奋的社会学 自然也会进行实验。这些努力 很有潜力教授社会科学家， 第三世界的政府官员和管理人员， 这些业务的所有者会感到惊讶， 关于有效组织生产的替代方法 工作本论文的研究将运用的技能， 两个高度，甚至是唯一合格的个人（波特斯 和学生Koido）对当地劳动力市场的研究， 国内劳动力市场和跨国公司 第三世界国家。 这里特别有趣的是一个 美国和日本公司的业务比较， 他们以不同的方式重组他们的业务， 国家这笔赠款将支持研究生的 在实地收集数据，主要通过 与工厂经理和工人的深入访谈 与日本和美国公司有联系。教师PI 具有丰富的研究经验， 第三世界国家的一流研究。博士 学生是唯一有资格做这项研究， 精通英语、日语和西班牙语。

Part of the emerging picture of diminishing national economic boundaries is the movement of foreign firms, not only into presently industrialized countries such as the U.S. but into Third World countries as well. This is especially true when we look at the movement of Japanese and American firms into the same countries, using similar workers in highly competitive industries such as electronics and auto components. When these firms undertake production operations outside of familiar social and labor market environment, exciting sociological experiments naturally take place as well. These endeavors have great potential for teaching both social scientists, Third World government officials and the managers and owners of these operations much that will surprise them about alternative ways of effectively organizing production work. This dissertation research will apply the skills of two highly and even uniquely qualified individuals (Portes and student Koido) to a study of local labor markets, internal labor markets and transnational corporations in a third world nation. Of special interest here is a comparison of the operations of U.S. and Japanese firms as they differently restructure their operations in this country. This grant will support the graduate student's collection of data in the field, primarily through intensive interviews with plant managers and workers associated with Japanese and American firms. The faculty PI is qualified by extensive research experience to guide first rate studies in Third World countries. The doctorial student is uniquely qualified to do this study, being affluent in English, Japanese and Spanish.