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The Role of the Senior HR Executive in Japan and the United States: Employment Relations, Corporate Governance, and Values
Author(s) -
JACOBY SANFORD M.,
NASON EMILY M.,
SAGUCHI KAZURO
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2005.00382.x
Subject(s) - pace , executive power , corporate governance , function (biology) , business , accounting , human resources , power (physics) , executive board , human resource management , management , political science , public relations , economics , finance , law , geography , physics , geodesy , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , politics , biology
Based on an original survey of senior human resources (HR) executives, this paper provides empirical data for a comparison of HR management structures and practices in Japan and the United States. In both countries, the headquarters HR function has shrunk and employment decisions have become more decentralized in recent years. However, because the pace of change has been more rapid in the United States, the gap with Japan has widened. Significant differences persist in other areas, such as the HR executive's role in strategic decisions, perceived power of the HR function, executive values, and the consequences of these values for organizational outcomes and corporate governance.