Konstruktionen av den japanska ledaren
En studie av kvinnans roll i det japanska företaget
Japan is the first industrialized country that is experiencing the threat of a rapidly declining and aging population. This has shifted the focus and the limelight is now on the matter that for a long time has been ignored. That is, the Japanese women?s situation in the society. This thesis seeks to point out the relevance of gender in the construction of leadership in order to get a deeper understanding of the Japanese women?s situation today. The study is of a qualitative character with deconstruction as main method. Twelve interviews have been done over a period of several months, most of them in Tokyo. The theoretical framework has its base in the theories of social construction as well as in some feministic theories. This study shows that different institutions and norms or social constructions limit the women?s possibilities of getting a leading position. It shows that leadership is constructed as equal to masculinity and as the opposite of femininity. It is also pointed out here that the Japanese labor market is not built for working mothers and there are several changes that must been put in place for them to be able to start working.