{"product_id":"the-japanese-employment-system-characteristics-and-changes-von-daniel-joachim","title":"The Japanese employment system","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Sociology - Work, Profession, Education, Organisation, grade: 1,7, University of Osnabrück, course: Economical and Technical Development and Organisation, WS 05\/06, language: English, abstract: After Japan recovered from the disastrous defeat of World War II, its enormous economic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrowth provided a series of questions to the world¿s leading economists. With constant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrowth rates over 11% on average in the 1960s, Japan had the world¿s second largest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGDP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeeking explanations and reasons for this phenomenon, soon a couple of important\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einfluences on the Japanese economy were found. The increased demands on Japanese\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproducts during the conflicts in Vietnam after the Second World War (which led to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVietnam War 1964-1973) and the Korean War 1950 to 1953 as well as the government aid\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor selected industries and protective duty accelerated its growth, which exceeded all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eformer expectations1.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother important element of the Japanese prosperity was met with the Japanese-style\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemployment system2. What would primarily influence the image of the Japanese to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efurther decades, the industrious, never sleeping blue-collar and white-collar workers,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efulfilling a life for the company in a state of mutual dependence, is the result of an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eelaborate employment system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in fact, lifetime employment, a predetermined career path and the seniority-based\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewage system were established to commit the regular workers to \"their¿ company, while the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etemporary workers still did not reach a similar status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \"Japanese Model¿, as several authors call it, is subject to constant change. Even\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethough the system was never fixed, it changed its surface not before the \"collapse of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebubble¿ in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly after this prolonged economic recession, which forced every industrialised country\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto undertake economic restructuring, Japan was able to recover very fast through strict\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erationalisation and a revision of its employment system. Today, Japan has changed. Still the second largest economy of the world, it has to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econfront an economic growth close to 2%. With this comes a call for a more flexible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemployment system which still has to pay the regular workers who many years ago were\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eattracted with the seniority-based wage system reflecting the workers higher needs in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esubsequent years. Furthermore, the new generation of workers is organised in unions and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknows their value to the market, and would not agree earning half the sum a senescent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworker does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640209538\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCharacteristics and changes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640209538","offer_id":39430897631325,"sku":"9783640209538","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/768f2598-a995-4e5c-9e16-b3635dbb874f.jpg?v=1777528790","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/the-japanese-employment-system-characteristics-and-changes-von-daniel-joachim","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}