Careers in foreign-owned firms in Japan.

Autor/in	Ono, Hiroshi
Titel	Careers in foreign-owned firms in Japan. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Berufsverläufe in ausländischen Unternehmen in Japan.
Quelle	In: American sociological review, 72 (2007) 2, S. 267-290Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1224; 1939-8271
Schlagwörter	Bildung; Kultur; Image; Verhalten; Vertrauen; Segmentierung; Arbeitsbeziehung; Investition; Lohnstruktur; Multinationales Unternehmen; Personalpolitik; Unternehmensorganisation; Arbeitskraft; Arbeitsmarkt; Beschäftigungsdauer; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Fluktuation; Institution; Arbeitgeber; Arbeitnehmer; Ausländer; Japan
Abstract	"This article examines how organizational environments affect labor market processes in Japan. I hypothesize that labor market inequality is generated through workers being 'positioned' in either domestic or in foreign firms. I apply the concept of social versus economic exchange to distinguish the nature of transactions between domestic and foreign firms. I argue that foreign firms operate under an institutional context that is conducive to the economic mode of exchange, which has enormous consequences for their personnel practices and reward systems. Using a dataset of Japanese workers collected in 2000, I examine the extent to which employment practices in foreign firms deviate from the benchmark features observed in the Japanese labor market. My results confirm that employment in foreign firms significantly affects career outcomes. The high-commitment culture commonly associated with the Japanese workforce is an outcome of the organizational environment. I find little evidence of Japanese employment practices (e.g., seniority and lifetime employment) operating within foreign firms. I also find that workers in foreign firms trust their employers less and have a higher propensity to quit their jobs. My findings suggest that workers in domestic and foreign firms are subject to vastly different sets of institutional constraints." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2000 bis 2000. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2007/4