The Transformation of Japanese Employment Relations
Title | The Transformation of Japanese Employment Relations PDF eBook |
Author | J. Imai |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2010-12-14 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0230295304 |
This book systematically evaluates the impacts of deregulatory reforms on employment relations in Japan especially focusing on the core white collar workers. Concentrating on changes in three aspects of employment relations; contracts, employee mobility and worker effort, it examines the process of social negotiation and its results.
The Embedded Corporation
Title | The Embedded Corporation PDF eBook |
Author | Sanford M. Jacoby |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2007-07-22 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0691133840 |
The author traces the enduring diversity of corporate culture in Japan and the U.S. to national differences in economic history and social norms, and, paradoxically, to global competition itself.
Global Japanization?
Title | Global Japanization? PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Elger |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2010-11 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1136929223 |
Global Japaniziation? Brings together research from North America, Japan, Europe and Latin America to analyse the influence of Japanese manufacturing investment and Japanese working practices across the global economy. The editors present original case studies of work reorganization and workers’ experiences within both Japanese companies and those of their competitors in diverse sectors and national settings. These studies provide a wide-ranging critique of conventional accounts of Japanese models of management and production, and their implications for employees. They offer new evidence and fresh perspectives on the role of "transplants" in disseminating manufacturing innovations, and on the responses of non-Japanese firm in reorganizing production operations and industrial relations.
Contesting Precarity in Japan
Title | Contesting Precarity in Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Saori Shibata |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2020-07-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1501749943 |
Contesting Precarity in Japan details the new forms of workers' protest and opposition that have developed as Japan's economy has transformed over the past three decades and highlights their impact upon the country's policymaking process. Drawing on a new dataset charting protest events from the 1980s to the present, Saori Shibata produces the first systematic study of Japan's new precarious labour movement. It details the movement's rise during Japan's post-bubble economic transformation and highlights the different and innovative forms of dissent that mark the end of the country's famously non-confrontational industrial relations. In doing so, moreover, she shows how this new pattern of industrial and social tension is reflected within the country's macroeconomic policymaking, resulting in a new policy dissensus that has consistently failed to offer policy reforms that would produce a return to economic growth. As a result, Shibata argues that the Japanese model of capitalism has therefore become increasingly disorganized.
The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan
Title | The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Gordon |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 550 |
Release | 2020-03-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1684172527 |
"The century-long process by which a distinct pattern of Japanese labor relations evolved is traced through the often turbulent interactions of workers, managers, and, at times, government bureaucrats and politicians. The author argues that, although by the 1920s labor relations had reached a stage that foreshadowed postwar development, it was not until the 1940s and 1950s that something closely akin to the contemporary pattern emerged. The central theme is that the ideas and actions of the workers, whether unionized or not, played a vital role in the shaping of the system. This is the only study in the West that demonstrates how Japanese workers sought to change and to some extent succeeded in changing the structure of factory life. Managerial innovations and the efforts of state bureaucrats to control social change are also examined. The book is based on extensive archival research and interviewing in Japan, including the use of numerous labor-union publications and the holdings of the prewar elite’s principal organization for the study of social issues, the Kyochokai, both collections having only recently been catalogued and opened to scholars. This is an intensive look at past developments that underlie labor relations in today’s Japanese industrial plants."
Sino-Japanese Relations
Title | Sino-Japanese Relations PDF eBook |
Author | Ming Wan |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 516 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780804754590 |
This book examines the transformation of the Sino-Japanese relationship since 1989.
Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy
Title | Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy PDF eBook |
Author | Richard M. Locke |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780262620987 |
Comprises essays which examine changes in industrial relations and work structures in 11 countries.