Purpose – Aims to illustrate how Japan possesses cultural characteristics to support mentoring as a relationship, as …‐kohai relationship (a form of mentoring exclusive to Japan). It compares a rarely examined context in the mentoring debate (i.e. Eastern …

‐structured interviews collected in Japan in 2002 and 2004. Findings – The interviews indicate that verticality and collectivism have a …

Much current Japanese popular discussion centres on the sudden death, at an early age, of Japan′s hard‐working, white … current recessionary pressure and growing shortage of labour in Japan has exposed this social phenomenon. Describes karoshi … , defines the extent of the phenomenon, explores changes that are occurring in Japan′s workforce and analyses the impact on …

‐structuring? Focuses on the experience of five countries (Canada, France, Japan, the UK and the US) and their common problems as regards …, first, the movement of employment into the service sector, second, transformations in the organization of production within …