Understanding industrial relations in modern Japan
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Bibliographic Information
Understanding industrial relations in modern Japan
（Studies in the modern Japanese economy）
Macmillan, 1988
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at 78 libraries
Note
Bibliography: p. 296-301
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book denies the cultural uniqueness of Japanese industrial relations and economy, characterised by permanent employment, seniority wages and enterprise unionism. The author provides an entirely new explanation of Japanese workers' high morale and Japan's impressive economic performance which, he argues, results from skilled employees working against a background of high technology. The argument of the book is based on intensive field-work, consisting of a series of interviews with veteran workers on the shop floor, and on an explicit comparative study between the USA and Japan.
Table of Contents
List of Tables - Preface - Introduction: Interpretations of Japanese Industrial Relations - Seniority Wages? - Permanent Employment? - Workers' Careers in the USA - Workers' Careers in Large Japanese Companies - Workers' Careers in Small Japanese Companies - White-Collar Careers in Large Japanese Companies - Enterprise Unionism - A Typology of Labour to Explain Industrial Relations - Index
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