1996 Reports

Japanese-style versus American-style human resource management overseas: Examining whether the data support the "facts"

Beechler, Schon; Najjar, Michelle; Stucker, Kristen; Bird, Allan

This paper first provides an overview of the existing literature documenting contrasts between human resource management practices in Japanese and Western Firms. Then we present the results of a comparative research study of HRM practices in a sample of Japanese affiliates in the U.S. and American affiliates in Japan.