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Use of Joint Consultation Committees by Large Japanese Firms
Author(s) -
Morishima Motohiro
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1992.tb00782.x
Subject(s) - offensive , wage , order (exchange) , information sharing , business , joint (building) , function (biology) , industrial organization , labour economics , economics , finance , political science , management , law , architectural engineering , evolutionary biology , biology , engineering
Abstract In Japanese union‐employer relations, managers of large firms often make use of the Joint Consultation Committee (JCC) system in order to avoid disputes with labour. This study first describes two such uses of the system, namely information‐sharing and pre‐Shunto (Spring Offensive) wage discussions. It then examines several economic, institutional and operational correlates of these uses. The results indicate that information‐sharing is a function of firms' operational structure, whereas the likelihood of pre‐Shunto wage discussions responds to short‐term changes in firms' economic performances as well as to institutional and operational factors.