...: transition of production volume; transition of the number of workers; and productivity. And they collected two types of workforce data: skill map and work shift. Moreover, they videotaped the behavior of group leaders on several days and analyzed them through a time study. Findings – The work team...

... Workaholism Overwork Unemployment Time study Economic change In Japan, sluggishness in economy has set in since the collapse of the so‐called “bubble economy” in 1991. Although, slight improvement in economy has been on the way, as a result of restructuring, slashing and merging of business units...