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An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the role of social values in Indian work organizations, the major spheres of life such as work, family, and leisure, and the changes in socio-cultural values among businesswomen in Japan.

This paper discusses the ongoing changes in socio-cultural values regarding women in business and industrial infrastructure accruing from the emerging womenpower in contemporary Japan. Women are becoming an important part of corporate culture. Their role in political life is also increasing. The mass media programmes are frequently targeted to female audiences. In contrast, the fate of men, especially that of husbands, seems to be getting increasingly obscure in contemporary Japanese society. From the perspective of work organizations, a true picture of ongoing changes in socio-cultural values regarding women and in the infrastructure accrued from the emerging womenpower in Japan deserves future research attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]