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 …

what happened at two Japanese manufacturing transplants in the UK where such agreements were in operation. Management at …

orientation process, comparing Japan with the West. Investigates Japanese recruitment philosophy in relation to its effective and … planned orientation management. Examines and illustrates the scheduling of Japanese orientation programmes. Posits that within …

This paper reports the findings of a study into 12 UK and nine Japanese automotive component plants. Compared to the UK … plants, the Japanese plants showed a 60 per cent superiority on productivity and a 9:1 superiority in quality. Detailed … such as quality monitoring and improvement, work allocation and work pace determination than the Japanese plants do. This …

data from emulating or comparable non‐Japanese owned organizations. It also draws on comparative data from Japan and North … transferability of the Japanese model. This paper reports on a study of production supervisors in Japanese transplants in the UK, and …

In recent years, there has been much talk about the impact of Japanese labour relations practices on UK operations …. Whilst there are an increasing number of Japanese companies now operating in this country, it is hard to establish whether …

experience of trade unionists in Union MIE, an exemplar of what in Japan is known as a community union (sometimes described as a … questionnaires to union membership of community union in Japan. Findings The increasing significance of community unions raises the … interviews using snowball technique and direct questionnaires to union membership of community union in Japan, the paper presents …

more difficult to determine. Drawing on research in a Japanese‐owned electronics factory, with elaborate machinery for …