The Japan model and the future of employment and wage systems.

Changes are occurring in Japan's lifetime employment system (LES) and seniority-based wage system (SWS)—two of the three pillars supporting the labor-management system in the so-called Japan Model developed by Toyota Motor Corp. These changes and their implications for the future of the LES and the...

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Publicado en:International Labour Review Vol. 139; no. 3; pp. 307 - 334
Autor principal: Watanabe, Susumu
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 2000
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Sumario:Changes are occurring in Japan's lifetime employment system (LES) and seniority-based wage system (SWS)—two of the three pillars supporting the labor-management system in the so-called Japan Model developed by Toyota Motor Corp. These changes and their implications for the future of the LES and the SWS are discussed.