Japan und Deutschland stecken seit nunmehr einem Jahrzehnt in einer hartnäckigen Wachstumskrise. Anfang der neunziger Jahre glaubten viele Beobachter noch an eine vorübergehende konjunkturell bedingte Verlangsamung der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, die sich - wie so oft schon in der...

After the burst of the bubble economy at the beginning of the 1990s, pay practices in Japanese companies have undergone significant changes that are characterised by a shift towards performance-based pay. The purpose of this article is to take account of these changes through an analysis of key...

Presenting perspectives on how work and employment develop in contemporary Japan, this text is useful to those with an interest in work and employment in Japan, from scholars and specialists in HRM and management, to economists, sociologists and anthropologists