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    The changing logic of Japanese employment practices: A firm-level analysis of four industries.

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    Publication date
    2005
    Author
    Keizer, Arjan B.
    Keyword
    Japan
    Performance-based pay
    Human resource management (HRM)
    Embeddedness
    Institutional change
    Theories of the firm
    Governance
    Capabilities
    Evolutionary
    Logic
    Labour mobility
    Lifetime employment
    Internal labour market
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    © 2005 Keizer, A. B. Reproduced by permission from the copyright holder.
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    Abstract
    In previous decades, the perception of Japan¿s employment practices has been strongly intertwined with its economic fortunes. From the 1970s, Japan¿s employment practices came to be seen as one of the cornerstones of its economic success. However, this perception changed, albeit with a substantial delay, when the economy proved incapable of returning to its former path of growth after the `bubble¿ burst at the end of the 1980s. Like so many of its economic institutions, the employment practices became the subject of substantial criticism in a debate on the revitalisation of Japan¿s economy. This study takes its position within this debate by discussing the likelihood, character, and economic consequences of change. Environmental changes, like the ageing of the population and the substantial decrease in economic growth, require Japanese firms to adapt their human resource management. However, the embeddedness of national practices limits the scope of firms to make these adjustments; and change is determined by the dialectics between their strategies and existing practices. The firm, as an institution, thus experiences the impact of both the embedded employment practices and the economic impact of environmental changes. Accordingly, it is at the centre of this study. Theories of the firm are used to discuss the contribution of employment practices on efficiency, capabilities, and competitive strength. Case-studies from four different industries ¿ automobile, electronics, construction, and retailing ¿ describe the adaptations made by individual firms. Subsequently, these findings constitute the basis for a discussion of industry-specific employment practices and provide an answer to whether developments such as the rise in performance-based pay and labour mobility have altered the logic of Japanese employment practices.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3727
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    Keizer, A. B. (2005). The changing logic of Japanese employment practices: A firm-level analysis of four industries: Thesis; to obtain the degree of Doctor from the Erasmus University Rotterdam by command of the rector magnificus Prof. Dr. S.W.J. Lamberts and according to the decision of the Doctorate Board. Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Erasmus University.
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    http://repub.eur.nl/publications/index/937621880/
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