... Limited 2010 Workplace Bullying Personal health Japan Since the early 1990s, many studies have been conducted on workplace bullying/mobbing (Einarsen et al., 2003). The construct of bullying at work refers to exposure to systematic and negative behaviors of a primarily...

...Richard S. Allen; Margaret Takeda; Charles S. White Purpose This study aims to examine the cross‐cultural differences in equity sensitivity between the USA and Japan. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 390 Americans and 202 Japanese were surveyed to determine their equity sensitivities...

... on childhood socialization practices and the history of Japanese society. This explanation is then used to illuminate the recent social problems of karoshi (death from overwork) and ijime (bullying) in the Japanese workplaces. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Japan...

.... Thus, the objective of this study is to elucidate the relationships between equity sensitivity and individual dispositions with intervention of the perceived importance of needs. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Equity Development Individual behaviour Japan A disposition can be defined...

...Vagelis Dedoussis Changes are under way in Japan’s distinctive human resources management practices as the state of the economy remains fragile following the country’s prolonged recession. However, such changes may not necessarily point to the eventual collapse of the Japanese employment system...

...Paul A. Herbig; Frederick A. Palumbo Much current Japanese popular discussion centres around the sudden death, at an early age, of Japan′s hard‐working white‐collar workers: karoshi – death from overwork – or Salaryman′s Sudden Death Syndrome. Officially it does not exist as the Government...

... company values in relation to the possibilities for personal growth. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Attitudes Beliefs China Cross‐cultural management Human resource management Japan Joint ventures Management styles National cultures The theory and practice of human resource...

... dependent on the leader′s capability to cope with changed situations within and outside work groups and solving the problems that arise. The ten items are: China Cross‐cultural management Japan Joint ventures Leadership Management styles National cultures Organizational effectiveness One...

... in joint venture management. Attitudes China Organizational performance Japan Joint ventures Managers Organizational structure Responsibility Values Work psychology In managing international joint ventures, structural and organizational factors are very influential in determining...

... in Hangzhou, China, in 1992, the Hangzhi Machinery &Electronic Joint Venture Company has a 78 per cent investment from Japan. Negotiations were started in 1991 and the joint venture contract was signed in November 1991. The establishment of Hangzhi then became an important event in the province so...

... management in Japan. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Japan Management culture Training Technology Work ethic VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3 1992 Zen and Industrial Management in Japan Arunoday Saha It is widely acknowledged that management methods in Japan differ from those in the West in certain important...

... lines” and a“just‐in‐time” modus operandi. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Strategic management TQM Japan Corporate culture Organizations Quality control National cultures VOLUME 7 NUMBER 1 1992 JAPANESE MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY: AN ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FEATURES...

...Arunoday Saha Management practices in Japan differ from those prevalent in the West partly because of different cultural assumptions regarding the basic character of humanity itself. Whereas opinion in Western tradition tends to favour the pessimistic assumption, Japanese tradition (as represented...

... to an effective QC intervention, such as differing Japanese versus western administrative practices and group processes are examined. In Japan QCs are an integral part of structure, process and strategy; in the west they represent a new, untried adjunct to structure requiring new roles in addition to changed...