| Description |
344 pages |
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Introduction: forces for homogeneity and diversity in the Japanese industrial relations system / Mari Sako -- 1. Trends in Japanese labour markets / Yoshio Higuchi -- 2. Labour law issues in a changing labour market: in search of a new support system / Kazuo Sugen and Yasuo Suwa -- 3. Corporate strategy and human resource management / Takashi Kawakita -- 4. Human resource management systems in large firms: the case of white-collar graduate employees / Hiroki Sato -- 5. Women at work / Akira Wakisaka -- 6. Ageing workers / Atsushi Seike -- 7. Internationalisation of the labour market: foreign workers and trainees / Koichiro Imano -- 8. Rengo and policy participation: Japanese-style neo-corporatism? / Toru Shinoda -- 9. The public sector and privatisation / Naoto Ohmi -- 10. Shunto: the role of employer and union coordination at the industry and inter-sectoral levels / Mari Sako |
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11. Business diversification strategy and employment relations: the case of the Japanese chemical textile industry / Michio Nitta -- 12. Worker participation: collective bargaining and joint consultation / Keisuke Nakamura -- 13. New unionism: beyond enterprise unionism? / Hiroyuki Fujimura -- 14. Labour-management relations in small and medium-sized enterprises: collective voice mechanisms for workers in non-unionised companies / Hiroki Sato |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Industrial relations -- Japan.
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Labor market -- Japan.
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Labor unions -- Japan.
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Labor -- Japan.
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Management -- Japan.
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| Author |
Sako, Mari.
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SatÅ, Hiroki.
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| ISBN |
(alk. paper) |
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(paperback: alk. paper) |
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