Dissertation Research: Quality Control Circles in Japanese Manufacturing: A Cultural Analysis of Worker's Motivation and Participation

这项研究的目的是通过考察参与日本质量控制圈子的工作人员的目标、动机和态度，了解这些圈子的社会性。这样的圈子将负责在工厂环境中制造各种物品的工人聚集在一起。他们的目的是为管理层提供提高生产质量和效率的建议。以前的研究集中在管理层如何组织这样的圈子以及他们建立的目标。然而，这项研究从工人的角度来看待这样的圈子，因此试图确定工人的目标是否与管理层相冲突，以及管理层和工人如何在追求共同目标的过程中谈判互利关系。这项研究将为发展日本的人种学研究技能提供宝贵的培训。

The goal of this research is to gain an understanding of the social nature of Japanese quality control circles by examining the objectives, motivations, and attitudes of workers who participate in these circles. Such circles group workers who are responsible for the manufacture of a variety of items in a factory setting. Their purpose is to provide management with suggestions to improve the quality and efficiency of production. Previous studies have focused on how management organized such circles and the goals they established. However, this study looks at such circles from the point of view of the workers and therefore seeks to determine whether worker goal's are in conflict with management and how management and workers negotiate mutually beneficial relationships in the pursuit of commons goals. The research will provide valuable training in developing ethnographic research skills in Japan.