出版社：Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
摘要：Many white-collar employees in Japanese corporations have seen their livesundergo drastic changes in the 15 years since the bursting of the so-called"bubble economy." During this period, many of the treasured principles of white-collar HRM practices have either been modified or replaced. Most notably, long-term employment protection in and regular advancement through the firm theworker entered when young is now the reserve of a privileged few. Many workersare told in the middle of their careers that they are being released from theircurrent job. Others are unemployed because they opted for voluntary retirementschemes, a practice many employers use to shed labor. There are also a largenumber of workers who have lost their jobs as a result of corporate bankruptcy.Thus, in addition to the structural changes in the labor market andgovernment policies (described in the previous issue of the Review), measuresthat employers have taken in reaction to economic difficulties have introducedinstability into white-collar workers' careers. Consequently, white-collar workersare facing new challenges in their career development. Similarly, such instabilityhas also created new concerns for Japanese policymakers charged with the taskof regulating (and deregulating) the industry that serves as a labor marketintermediary and assists displaced workers in searching for new work
