04300nam a22005535i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001600172072001600188072002300204072001500227100008600242245010500328250001800433264007200451300006400523336002600587337002600613338003600639347002400675490004400699505039100743520204201134650002203176650002203198650002103220650003003241650002803271650002003299650002603319650002203345650002203367650003003389650002603419650002703445710003403472773002603506776003603532776003603568830005103604856004603655912001403701912001403715999001703729978-981-97-2208-2DE-He21320251030112102.0cr nn 008mamaa240527s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898197220829978-981-97-2208-27 a10.1007/978-981-97-2208-22doi 4aHM1176-1281 7aJMH2bicssc 7aPSY0310002bisacsh 7aJMH2thema1 aMatsui, Noriatsu.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut97757214aThe World of the Japanese Mindh[electronic resource] :bConformity and Seken /cby Noriatsu Matsui.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXVII, 123 p. 6 illus., 3 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aSpringerBriefs in Sociology,x2212-63760 aWhat is Seken: Differences from society -- The Roles and Functions of Seken -- Ambiguous Words, Belongings, and Air: Carved Tripod (CT) Model of Conformity -- Conformity in Politics and Public Administration: Are the people in higher level of government and public offices greater -- Conformity in Business and Labor: Is your life safer by getting a job at well-known large corporation.  aThis book investigates the source from which the pressure to conform arises in Japanese society. Even though the contemporary Japanese word for “society” (Shakai) has a history of 140 years, it does not include the concept of respecting the individual but refers mainly to social frameworks and institutional aspects. At the same time, the traditional Japanese terms for “society”, primarily Seken, that have been in use for 1,400 years have embraced human relationships of the members of the group. The hypothesis of this book is that there is no “society” as such in Japanese people’s minds. By proposing a new model (the Hand-Carved Tripod Model) of conformity in Japan, the book shows the structure of the pressure to conform. The tripod is composed of ambiguous words, the sense of belonging, and the “air”, or understanding, that represents the unwritten rules and regulations of Seken. Conformity in Japanese people’s minds takesdifferent forms, from small residential groups to corporations at work, and to nationwide associations, but always dictates that people follow everyone else in the organization. This book examines the sense of being blocked in Japan that has prevailed over 30 years, during the period of the so-called Three Lost Decades in Japan. Examining phenomena such as low worker engagement, karoshi (death by overwork), high middle-age male suicide rates, bullying in school and at work, sex discrimination, hereditary membership in the Diet, and failure to provide adequate protection for whistle-blowers, this book reveals a common structure in Japanese minds: lack of respect for individuality, and the traditional and narrow sense of the world, i.e., Seken. This book will be beneficial to scholars and graduate students as well as to businesspeople who are interested in understanding the behavior and minds of Japanese people from the psychological,cultural, and historical viewpoints. It provides an integrated view of Japan’s Seken as the platform that generates their conformity. 0aSocial influence. 0aSocial structure. 0aEquality.959823 0aSocial psychology.959087 0aEthnologyxAsia.966900 0aCulture.959159 0aSocial groups.95766514aSocial Influence.24aSocial Structure.24aSocial Psychology.95908724aAsian Culture.96690224aGroup Dynamics.9775732 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981972207508iPrinted edition:z9789819722099 0aSpringerBriefs in Sociology,x2212-637696846240uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2208-2  aZDB-2-SLS  aZDB-2-SXS  c60183d60183