Management practices in Japan differ from those prevalent in the West partly because of different cultural assumptions regarding the basic character of humanity itself. Whereas opinion in Western tradition tends to favour the pessimistic assumption, Japanese tradition (as represented,...

This study explores whether a nation‐culture factor (national culture) or a worker‐type factor (organizational types of workers) has more powerful effects on various job‐related orientations of Japanese, US and Australian employees. Job‐related orientations were categorized into the...

Japan's success in the management of its organisations has long been admired and envied by the rest of the western world. An early “manager” is examined and his example upheld as one of the first exponents of Japanese management practice.