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1 online resource (365 pages) |
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Japanese Labour and Management in Transition Diversity, flexibility and participation; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: forces for homogeneity and diversity in the Japanese industrial relations system; Part I; 1 Trends in Japanese labour markets; 2 Labour law issues in a changing labour market: in search; 3 Corporate strategy and human resource management; 4 Human resource management systems in large firms: the case of white-collar graduate employees; 5 Women at work; 6 Ageing workers |
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7 Internationalisation of the labour market: foreign workers and traineesPart II; 8 Rengo and policy participation: Japanese-style neo-corporatism?; 9 The public sector and privatisation; 10 Shunto: the role of employer and union coordination at the industry and inter-sectoral levels; 11 Business diversification strategy and employment relations: the case of the Japanese chemical textile industry; 12 Worker participation: collective bargaining and joint consultation; 13 New unionism: beyond enterprise unionism? |
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14 Labour-management relations in small and medium-sized enterprises: collective voice mechanisms for workers in non-unionised companiesAppendix; Index |
| Summary |
Japanese Management and Labour in Transition explores the changing face of Japanese industrial relations. Part one of the work outlines recent trends in Japanese labour markets, labour law and corporate strategy, and explores the responses of both management and labour to pressure posed by these trends. Part two analyses the interaction between the state, management and labour, considering both the macro and the micro levels. This compilation of up-to-date research by leading Japanese scholars challenges the traditional view of 'lifetime' employment and focuses on the growing econo |
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Print version record |
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Industrial relations -- Japan
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Labor -- Japan
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Management -- Japan.
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Labor market -- Japan
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Labor unions -- Japan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Industrial relations
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Labor
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Labor market
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Labor unions
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Management
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Japan
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sato, Hiroko
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| ISBN |
9781135097004 |
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1135097003 |
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