Internal Labour Markets in Japan [Paperback]

Analyses the employment practices of individual firms in Japan: wages, training, promotion, transfers and turnover.Internal Labour Markets in Japan analyses the employment practices of individual firms in Japan, including wages, training, promotion, transfers and turnovers across firms. It provides a comprehensive account of the Japanese ILM, provides theoretical models which are applied to empirical analysis using the data on Japanese firms. It also includes a detailed case study of a large Japanese firm, and contains a section that deals with the most recent changes in Japanese ILM after the 'bubble' economy boom and subsequent recession. An international comparative perspective is used throughout.Internal Labour Markets in Japan analyses the employment practices of individual firms in Japan, including wages, training, promotion, transfers and turnovers across firms. It provides a comprehensive account of the Japanese ILM, provides theoretical models which are applied to empirical analysis using the data on Japanese firms. It also includes a detailed case study of a large Japanese firm, and contains a section that deals with the most recent changes in Japanese ILM after the 'bubble' economy boom and subsequent recession. An international comparative perspective is used throughout.Internal Labour Markets in Japan analyzes the employment practices of individual firms in Japan, including wages, training, promotion, transfers and turnovers across firms. It provides a comprehensive account of the Japanese ILM, and provides theoretical models that are applied to empirical analysis using the data on Japanese firms. It also includes a detailed case study of a large Japanese firm, and contains a section that deals with the most recent changes in Japanese ILM after the bubble economy boom and subsequent recession. An international comparative perspective is used throughout.List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Features of Japan's Internal Ll£.