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Japanese Employees' Attitudes Toward Changes in Traditional Employment Practices
Author(s) -
MORISHIMA MOTOHIRO
Publication year - 1992
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.1468-232x.1992.tb00319.x
Subject(s) - seniority , opposition (politics) , workforce , labour economics , business , perception , human resource management , human resources , demographic economics , economics , management , political science , psychology , economic growth , law , neuroscience , politics
This study examines Japanese employees' attitudinal opposition to changes in such employment practices as nenko (seniority)‐based wages and promotions, and implicit long‐term employment guarantees for the regular workforce. The study shows that (1) overall, Japanese employees are strongly opposed to placing a cap on senior employees' pay and to mid‐career transfers to subsidiary companies, and (2) the level of opposition is a function of their perceptions of unions' past performance and of employers' human resource policies.