Talk:Japanese blue collar workers

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Planning on Adding Info - Thoughts on Sources?
I'm planning on updating this article with some new information, specifically from the sources I've listed below. I may add more sources to my list, but this is what I am starting out with. If anyone has opinions on these sources and their validity, I'd be grateful to hear them, as I want to revise this article with the most accuracy possible. Here is the list:

“Japan Aims to Open Door Wider to Blue-Collar Workers.” Agency Tunis Afrique Press, SyndiGate Media Inc, 2/11/2018. https://www.tap.info.tn/en/Portal-World/10766426-japan-aims-to-open

Sato, Kaori, et al. “Mental Health Effects of Long Work Hours, Night and Weekend Work, and Short Rest Periods.” Social Science & Medicine (1982), vol. 246, Elsevier Ltd, 2/2020, p. 112774, doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112774. https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/science/article/pii/S0277953619307695?via%3Dihub

Huang, Ting-Pang. “Comparing Motivating Work Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, and Turnover Intention of Knowledge Workers and Blue-Collar Workers, and Testing a Structural Model of the Variables’ Relationships in China and Japan.” International Journal of Human Resource Management, vol. 22, no. 4, Informa UK Limited, 2/2011, pp. 924–44, doi:10.1080/09585192.2011.555134. https://www-tandfonline-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/doi/full/10.1080/09585192.2011.555134

"Columbia Journal of World Business reports on income disparity between white-collar workers and blue-collar workers: Japan vs. U.S. comparison." PR Newswire, 13 Dec. 1984, p. NYPR1. Gale General OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A3560068/ITOF?u=umuser&sid=ITOF&xid=8dcf31fb. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020.

Kajitani, Shinya. “Which Is Worse for Your Long-Term Health, a White-Collar or a Blue-Collar Job?” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 38, Elsevier Inc, 12/2015, pp. 228–43, doi:10.1016/j.jjie.2015.09.002. https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/science/article/pii/S0889158315000465?via%3Dihub

Yoshida, Yukie, et al. “Lifestyles and Periodontal Disease of Japanese Factory Workers.” Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, vol. 1, no. 4, Springer-Verlag, 1/1997, pp. 188–92, doi:10.1007/BF02931215. https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.lib.umich.edu/pmc/articles/PMC2723531/?tool=pmcentrez

Takezawa, Shin-Ichi. “The Blue-Collar Worker in Japanese Industry.” International Journal of Comparative Sociology, vol. 10, no. 1–2, Sage Publications, 3/1969, pp. 178–93, doi:10.1177/002071526901000112. https://www-proquest-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/docview/1300001729?OpenUrlRefId=info:xri/sid:summon&accountid=14667&imgSeq=1 Skywhales (talk) 02:33, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

Full of Generalizations. Needs Factual Reference.
It seems pretty clear that whoever wrote this entry has either never lived in Japan, or only worked within a "white collar" environment while there. Many of the writer's points are assumptions with no statistical data to back them up. For example, assuming that (most? all? many? we don't know, do we?) blue collar wives commonly quit their jobs after getting married is most likely false. Many of them must continue to work to contribute to the household income. I would edit the article myself to reflect as much, but I don't have clear statistical data to refer to. All one has to do is live in a working class area of any large city to see that a large percentage of mothers and wives work, but it would lend a lot more to the credibility of this entry if someone were able to contribute some data as to just how many women simply become housewives, and how many keep working.

This article is written from an outsider's perspective, and that ought to be clearly indicated from the start, so readers know what they're getting into. It should be noted from the first paragraph that only outside of Japan blue collar workers aren't well known. Within Japan, a nation that's heavily reliant on industrial manufacturing, blue collar workers are a huge part of the overall workforce. Stating that Japanese blue collar workers don't fit the "common stereotype" is a dead giveaway that the writer is generalizing, and may even be getting information by following the consensus of perhaps tourists who came back with stories to tell about Japan.

I hope someone with some real statistics will eventually be able to clean this article up. In the meantime, it's loaded with little more than guesses and assumptions, and just reads like someone's personal opinion in a blog entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.214.190.184 (talk) 02:45, 28 May 2009 (UTC)