2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN JAPAN AND KOREA ON THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS SETTLED DURING THE SOCIAL CHANGE ERAS
| Project/Area Number |
17330110
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Saitama University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAMII Yoshihiko Saitama University, ECONOMICS, PROFESSOR (90134329)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
WOO Jong-won Saitama University, ECONOMICS, PROFESSOR (50312913)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS / COMPARATIVE STUDY / JAPAN AND KOREA / EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES / INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS / SOCIAL CHANGE ERAS |
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| Research Abstract |
The research examines characteristics of Japanese style employment practices and Korean style ones by focusing on what kinds of industrial relations and employment practices were installed during the social change eras like post WWII era in Japan or "democratization" era after late 1980s in Korea. The conclusion is summarized as follow:
Both of Japanese industrial relations and Korean ones are built on the base of enterprise. However, Japanese style employment practices and Korean style ones are different. The key factor of the differences is whether or not for the enterprise to depend on workers' skill. Three historical contexts in which those differences were brought out can be considered. First, the existence of skilled workers and the degree of their cooperation in the primary condition of economic growth influenced the path whether or not the production system made good use of the shop floor workers' skill. Next, the democratization process affected the workers' attitude toward long - term training differently. In Japan, " democratization" after WWII meant " equalization" between white collar workers and blue collar workers. The latter tried hard to improve there long-term abilities in order to show that they could stand the equal status with the former. In Korea, the democratization after 1987 was limited to the range of free collective bargaining between management and blue collar workers. It could not get to" equalization" because the management was not weakened and the white collar workers were more privileged than their Japanese counter part. Finally, the ideology influenced the managerial attitude toward the idea of allowing worker's participation in management. Especially, the bipolar system in the Korean peninsular brought a very negative effect on the worker's participation in the South Korea because the managerial prerogative was thought not to be infringed in the capitalist regime.
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Research Products
(10 results)
