FUTURE-ORIENTED MINDSET'S CONTRIBUTION TO MANAGEMENT OF CORPORATE R&D PERSONNEL MOTIVATION IN JAPAN

Kunio Shirahada () and Kiyoshi Niwa ()
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Kunio Shirahada: Department of General System Studies, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
Kiyoshi Niwa: Department of General System Studies, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2007, vol. 04, issue 04, 375-392

Abstract: Addressing the decreasing motivation of R&D personnel in Japan, this paper analyzes the relations between motivation and R&D personnel's future-oriented mindset and the time-climate in their workplace. Questionnaires were given to 240 corporate R&D personnel in six Japanese companies. ANOVA results show that highly motivated personnel have longer-term perspectives about ability growth than do personnel with low motivation levels. In a Japanese automobile company we confirmed the positive impact on work motivation of having managers focus on the future-oriented mindset of subordinates during annual goal-setting interviews.

Keywords: Future-oriented mindset; time-climate; corporate R&D personnel's motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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