2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

An empirical study of the performance paradox among Japanese firms

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530355
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Tohoku Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	KOBAYASHI Yutaka Tohoku Gakuin University, 教養学部, 教授 (60170362)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	経営学 / 経営管理 / 人的資源管理 / 企業業績 / 業績指標 / 強訴的業績モデル
Research Abstract	The paradoxical model of performance implies that organizational control is maintained by not knowing exactly what performance is. This study examined the performance paradox among Japanese firms from the levels of both macro and micro. Initially, the changes in importance of performance indices were analyzed using a press accounts database. As a result, a paradoxical state of performance indices was found to a certain degree. Secondly, a comparative investigation of performance indices between failed and non-failed companies was conducted using security reports. The results showed that the paradoxical model of performance was not confirmed because significant differences were not found in performance indices used by two sets of firms.

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