1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
China-Japan Comparison of Work Organization
| Project/Area Number |
10044031
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
OKUBAYASHI Koji Graduate School of Business Administration, Professor, 大学院・経営学研究科, 教授 (90030717)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAMBAYSHI Norio Kobe University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Assoc. Professor, 経営学研究科, 助教授 (00243296)
MORITA Masaya Kansai University, Department of Sociology, Assoc. Professor, 社会学部, 助教授 (40247896)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 1999
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| Keywords | work organization / groupism / technological transfer / cross-cultural communication / Japanese affiliates in China / State-owned company |
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| Research Abstract |
The project team intended to identify the similarity and diversity of work organization among Japanese, Chines and Japanese-affiliated companies, and then to explain how much Japanese work organization can be applied to Chinese ones. For that purpose, we made interview to managers and supervisors of these companies and delivered questionnaires to workers at shop floors of these companies.
We found that Chinese work organizations are designed on the principle of mechanistic organization but that people behave on the principle of groupism. On the contrary, Japanese work organizations are designed on the principle of organic organization but that people behave on the principle of individualism. This findings contradicts our observation of Chinese workers. But this observation of Chinese people seems to be based on the impression, not on the scientific methods to realize the deep psychology of workers at shop-floors.
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