Japanese Hybrid Factories in Australia: Analysing Labor Relations and Reflecting on the Work of Tetsuo Abo

Celal Bayari

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Abstract: This paper provides an analysis of Japanese hybrid factories in Australia in a context of labor relations aspect of the Japanese management and production system. The paper argues that the labor relations aspect of the Japanese system is the most successful transfer to Australia. In its second part the paper compares the data from Australia with Tetsuo Abo’s research in the UK and the US where ‘labor relations’ is the most successful transfer detected by Abo. This paper is not a reconstruction of Abo’s hybrid framework but instead seeks to draw a qualified comparative analysis using Abo’s results. The paper argues that there is a parallel between research findings from the UK, the US and Australia in terms of the success of labor relations that is inherent to the Japanese management and production system. It is suggested that future research can investigate this point with larger comparative data sets.

Keywords: Australia; Japanese international manufacturing; electronics manufacturing; automotive manufacturing; industrial labor process; division of labor in manufacturing; hybrid factories; Tetsuo Abo; hybrid management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E2 E22 E24 E61 F11 F12 F13 F15 F16 F21 F23 F4 F42 F43 F44 F62 F63 F65 F66 F68 J5 L11 L16 L21 L22 L5 L51 L52 L6 L62 L63 N6 N62 N64 N65 N67 O11 O14 O15 O32 O33 O43 P12 P5 P51 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01-01, Revised 2010-02-01
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Published in Euro Asia Journal of Management 39 (2).20(2010): pp. 111-134

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