Provides a detailed discussion of all aspects of employment (including recruitment, tenure, turnover, promotion, labor force participation, unemployment, and retirement) and labor payments (wages, bonus payments, non-wage costs) in the Japanese labor market. All topics are discussed in relation to comparable experience in the United States and Europe. A major theme concerns whether or not key features of Japanese labor market institutions and practices differ from competitor economies.
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This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese labour market institutions within a comparative United States/European framework. It is written in a non-technical manner and illustrates essential themes in labour economics. Designed for undergraduate students of labour economics, industrial relations, human resource management, comparative international business, and Japanese studies, it will also be of interest to graduate courses in economics and business, especially where comparative international labour, industrial relations or business studies feature, while providing a ready reference for policy-makers and professionals.
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employment outlook, employment management, statutory welfare costs, spring wage increases, upper exception, job match effects, joint consultation system, job openings ratio, low transaction cost environment, bonus growth, hourly labour productivity, other labour costs, including overtime payments, labour market concepts, hoarded labour, career tree, second period wage, joint rents, total labour costs, specific human capital investments, excess labour supply, labour hoarding, discouraged worker effect, expected lifetime earnings, recruitment cost Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Ministry of Labour, Japan Table, Basic Survey of Wage Structure, United Kingdom, General Survey, Labour Cost Survey, Federal Republic of Germany, General Motors, Second World War, Chamber Research Center, Western European, Labour Unions Browse Sample Pages:
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employment outlook, employment management, statutory welfare costs, spring wage increases, upper exception, job match effects, joint consultation system, job openings ratio, low transaction cost environment, bonus growth, hourly labour productivity, other labour costs, including overtime payments, labour market concepts, hoarded labour, career tree, second period wage, joint rents, total labour costs, specific human capital investments, excess labour supply, labour hoarding, discouraged worker effect, expected lifetime earnings, recruitment cost Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Ministry of Labour, Japan Table, Basic Survey of Wage Structure, United Kingdom, General Survey, Labour Cost Survey, Federal Republic of Germany, General Motors, Second World War, Chamber Research Center, Western European, Labour Unions Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Human Resource Management in Japan: Changes and Uncertainties : A New Human Resource Management System Fitting to the Global Economy (Explorations in Asia Pacific Business Economics) by Philippe Debroux in Back Matter
- Systemic Changes in the German and Japanese Economies: Convergence and Differentiation as a Dual Challenge by Werner Pascha on page 101
- The Economics of Overtime Working by Robert A. Hart in Front Matter
- The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States by Sanford M. Jacoby in Back Matter
- The Management of Human Resources in the Asia Pacific Region: Convergence Revisited (Convergence Reconsidered) by Chris Rowley on page 73
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