Japanese Management Practices after the Big Bubble

P(論文)Many changes are underway in Japan's distinctive human resources management practices amid the country's prolonged recession. However, such changes may not necessarily indicate the eventual collapse of the Japanese employment system, as sometimes suggested in the related literature. Despite the adjustments companies make to cope with the economic downturn, distinctive human resources management practices in Japan's large-scale enterprises are unlikely to disappear altogether. This paper argues that distinctive management practices will continue to define the relationship between large-scale enterprises and an even smaller core segment of the workforce thus pointing to an ad hoc reshuffle rather than substantial restructure of internal labor markets.departmental bulletin pape