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Job cutting, Japanese style

Management Development Review

ISSN: 0962-2519

Article publication date: 1 February 1997

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Abstract

Spurred by recession, major Japanese corporations have reduced their workforces, introduced merit pay and performance appraisal, abolished promotion on seniority and moved production overseas. These have been unsettling to a culture which prides itself on stability, continuity, group support and harmony. But many small‐ and medium‐size companies have seized the opportunity to create new products, fill market niches ‐ and put many of the people dismissed from large corporations back into productive work.

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(1997), "Job cutting, Japanese style", Management Development Review, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 32-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004351

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MCB UP Ltd

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