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The End of Japanese-Style Employment?

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  • D. H. Whittaker

    (Japan Research Centre Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Cambridge CAMBRIDGE CB3 9DA)

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`Japanese-style' employment is confronting serious challenges in the form of rapidly ageing workforces, changing youth attitudes, rising numbers of female employees, new technology, `internationalization' and `servicization'. Japanese companies are responding to these challenges with notable innovations in personnel management. These include: `multitrack employment' with specialist tracks; `group employment' whereby workers are transferred beyond individual enterprises; increased scouting and `new job-based wages'. The innovations are significant, but do they constitute the end of Japanese-style employment? Seen in a historical perspective, Japanese-style employment has evolved; in fact change may be considered an inherent feature (as are predictions of its demise). This paper concludes that we are witnessing significant evolution but not yet outright abandonment.

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  • D. H. Whittaker, 1990. "The End of Japanese-Style Employment?," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 4(3), pages 321-347, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:4:y:1990:i:3:p:321-347
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    1. Arjan Keizer, 2011. "Flexibility in Japanese internal labour markets: The introduction of performance-related pay," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 28(3), pages 573-594, September.

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