Work and Pay in the United States and Japan

Drawing on data obtained from fieldwork in comparable establishments in these two countries, as well as from national sources, this integrated and detailed analysis of the components of firm human resources systems in the US and Japan examines the relationship between company practices and national economic institutions.

About the author

About the Authors: Clair Brown, Michael Reich, and Lloyd Ulman are all Professors at the Institute of Industrial Relations at University of California, Berkeley. Yoshifumi Nakata is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Relations at Doshisha University in Japan.

Summary

Drawing on data obtained from fieldwork in comparable establishments in these two countries, as well as from national sources, this integrated and detailed analysis of the components of firm human resources systems in the US and Japan examines the relationship between company practices and national economic institutions.

Additional text

The study provides a valuable comparative treatment of economic policies and global competitiveness.

Product details

• Authors: Clair Brown, Clair (Professor Brown, Clair Etc. Reich Brown, etc., Yoshifumi Nakata, Yoshifumi (Professor Nakata, Michael Reich, Michael (Professor Reich, David Stern, Lloyd Ulman, Lloyd (Professor Ulman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9780195115215
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511521-5
• No. of pages: 246
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology