International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms Their Grea
This book examines possibly the greatest challenge facing Japanese multinationals as they continue to expand their foreign direct investment: how to integrate local managers into the management process of overseas subsidiaries as well as in that of the pa
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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN JAPANESE FIRMS
International Human Resource Management in Japanese Firms Their Greatest Challenge
Timothy Dean Keeley
© Timothy Dean Keeley 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2001 by PALGRAVE Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin's Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd).
ISBN 978-1-349-42820-5
ISBN 978-0-230-59765-5 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9780230597655 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Keeley, Timothy Dean, 1956 International human resource management in Japanese firms: their greatest challenge/Timothy Dean Keeley. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 033396506X
1. International business enterprisesManagement. 2. International business enterprisesPersonnel management. 3. Organizational changeManagement. 4. Industrial ManagementJapan. I. Title. HD62.4 .K435 2001 658.3'00952dc21 2001036091 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 Printed in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire
Contents
List of Tables
vi
List of Figures
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
Abbreviations
ix
Glossary of Japanese Terms
x
1 The Challenge
1
2 Cross-Cultural Management Issues
15
3 Japanese Culture and Organizational Behaviour
32
4 International Human Resource Management
98
5 Communication and Decision-Making
141
6 A Study Clarifying HCN Integration in Japanese MNCs
172
7 Conclusions Concerning HCN Integration in Japanese
MNCs
202
Appendix: List of Questions in Scales
222
References
225
Bibliography
237
Index
252
v
List of Tables
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5
Correlation matrix, means and standard deviations for HCN data Multiple regression reporting standardized coefficients for HCN data Decomposition for final empirical path model Correlation matrix, means and standard deviations for PCN managers Standard m
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