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Belonging: Meanings of Organizational Culture

In: Women’s Work, Men’s Cultures

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  • Sarah Rutherford

    (Rutherford Associates)

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It was 1983 and I was in Tokyo working for a British investment bank. Women in the City (of London) were still a fairly rare commodity. I had joined the bank as a graduate in 1981, and attended a one-week introduction course with all the other graduates of accepting houses (as they were then). We were 16 women and 86 men, and the organizers called the event ‘The Year of the Woman’ as they had never been so many women entering the merchant banks before. Well, if there were not many women in the City of London, there were even fewer working in Tokyo. Japanese women could only work in a professional capacity in foreign (gaijin) banks. Even if they had a degree they could only find employment in Japanese companies as tea ladies.

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  • Sarah Rutherford, 2011. "Belonging: Meanings of Organizational Culture," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Women’s Work, Men’s Cultures, chapter 2, pages 15-33, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30747-6_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230307476_3
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