Impact of National Characteristics on HRM Practices

Takashi Sakikawa
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Takashi Sakikawa: Niigata University

Chapter 8 in Transforming Japanese Workplaces, 2012, pp 167-193 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In Chapter 5, I theorized and tested the associations between management practices and manufacturing performance on the basis of evidence from Japanese manufacturers. However, I did not consider the impact of different national environments on such associations because I focused only on their Japan-based plants. Considering such a limitation, and to advance my prior work, I began the research discussed in this chapter. Here, I explore the impact of national characteristics on management practices using evidence from not only Japan- but also China-based manufacturers. These China-based manufacturing companies were affiliated with Japanese companies, and thus, my work also provides readers with a glimpse of Japanese companies’ overseas workplaces that are in transition.

Keywords: Human Resource Management; National Culture; National Characteristic; Human Resource Management Practice; Strategic Human Resource Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137268860_8

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