Understanding industrial relations in modern Japan

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Understanding industrial relations in modern Japan

Kazuo Koike ; translated by Mary Saso

(Studies in the modern Japanese economy)

Macmillan, 1988

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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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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  • NCID
    BA03838484
  • ISBN
    • 033342686X
    • 0333426878
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    jpn
  • Place of Publication
    Basingstoke
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 306 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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