The Changing Structure of Labour in Japan: Japanese Human Resource Management between Continuity and Innovation

What changes can be observed in the labour market? What is special about Japanese-style human resource management in the low-growth era, and what are the responses by Japanese and German firms? The structure of Japanese labour market is gradually changing in terms of both supply and demand. The book considers the distinctive features of Japanese human resource management, and examines the continuity and changes in employment patterns, such as the expansion of flexible types of employment and specific innovations in Japanese HRM.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Tables Foreword; F.Coulmas Notes on the Contributors Introduction: A View on Japanese Human Resource Management; R.Haak The Changing Labour Market, Industrial Relations and Labour Policy; T.Hanami The Changing Models of Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms: A Long-term View; H.Suzuki Employment Adjustment since the Financial Crisis; M.Nitta Convergence and Diversity: Emerging Patterns of Human Resource Management in Japan; J.Benson Decision Making in Japanese Companies; M.Pudelko Employment Deregulation and the Expanding Market for Temporary Labour in Japan; J.Imai & K.Shire Employment Practices in Japanese Firms: Can "Mikoshi" Management Survive?; D.Methé & J.Miyabe Managing the Development of One's Own Vocational Skills; H.Fujimura The Shift Towards a Performance-based Management System: From Noryokushugi to Seikashug; P.Debroux Employee Control of Working Time: International Comparisons; P.Berg, E.Appelbaum, T.Bailey & A.L.Kalleberg Human Resource Management in BASF Japan; M.Yamao & M.Falk Recruitment in Japan; F.Schulz Index

About the Author :
EILEEN APPELBAUM Professor and Director of the Centre for Women and Work, Rutgers University, USA THOMAS BAILEY Professor and Director of the Institute on Education and Economy, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA JOHN BENSON Reader, Department of Management, The University of Melbourne, Australia PETER BERG Associate Professor, Michigan State University, School of Labour and Industrial Relations, USA FLORIAN COULMAS Director, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Japan PHILIPPE DEBROUX Professor, Soka University, Japan MARKUS FALK Director of Human Resources, South East Asia Pacific, BASF South East Asia Regional Headquarters, Singapore HIROYUKI FUJIMURA Associate Professor of Human Resource Development, Faculty of Business Administration, Hosei University TADASHI HANAMI Professor Emeritus, Sophia University, and Special Advisor to Prime Minister in charge of Civil Service Reform, Japan JUN IMAI Research Associate, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, and Ph.D. Candidate, State University of New York, USA ARNE L. KALLEBERG Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, USA DAVID METHÉ Associate Professor, Faculty of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Japan JUNICHIRO MIYABE Associate Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan MICHIO NITTA Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan MARKUS PUDELKO Lecturer, University of Edinburgh Management School, UK FRANK SCHULZ Senior Consultant, Transearch International Inc., Japan KAREN SHIRE Professor of Sociology, University of Essen-Duisburg, Germany HIROMASA SUZUKI Professor, Waseda University, Japan MAHITO YAMAO Director of Human Resources, BASF, Japan.