Empirical research of the nature and management of relationships for the development in early career.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530509
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Business administration
• Research Institution: Otemae University
• Principal Investigator: Sakamoto Masao 大手前大学, 現代社会学部, 准教授 (40449864)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NISHIO Kumiko 京都女子大学, 現代社会学部, 教授 (90437450) ; KAWABATA Yuki 中京大学, 商学部, 准教授 (00614702)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: デベロップメンタル・ネットワーク / メンタリング / キャリア初期 / 若手従業員 / 職務特性 / 造船業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is an advantage of Japanese companies to train new graduates on the job, and it mainly depends on informal relationships with various persons in work places. Nevertheless there are not enough researches to clarify the mode of those multiple relationships. This research explored what factors affect the building of developmental relationships. The result of studies in a middle-sized shipbuilding company indicated that the job characteristic of young employees influences their building developmental relationships.

Free Research Field

人的資源管理