Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources

Tomoko Hamada

Jun 2009 · EOLSS Publications

About this ebook

Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources is a component of Encyclopedia of Human Resources Policy, Development and Management in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one  Encyclopedias. 

The Theme on Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources provides the essential aspects and  a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Social and Cultural Development of Human Resources; Social Development Trends; Urban-Rural Dimensions of Social Development; Religious Belief and Resource Development; Use of Resources and Space; Consumption in Affluent Societies - Developing Societies; Consumption and the Environment; Globalization and the Consumer Society; Social and Cultural Development Indicators.  This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students, Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers and NGOs.

About the author

Tomoko Hamada is Margaret Hamilton Professor of Anthropology at the College of William and Mary, which is the second oldest university in the United States. She completed her BA in American studies at Vassar College, her MA in sociology at Keio University, and her Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, was Director of Asian Studies at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and since 1988 has been a member of the faculty at William and Mary. Her publications include American Enterprise in Japan, Cross-cultural management and Organizational Culture and Anthropological Perspectives on Organizational Culture. She is the editor of Studies in Third World Societies, and is the author of numerous articles and edited volumes, the primary focus of which is the culture of complex organizations.