The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies 2011

Decv.2011 (No.617)
Can Negative Effects of  Performance Appraisal Systems Be Eliminated?

Economics of Employee Performance Evaluation: Understanding the key Issues in Designing Evaluation Systems

Hideo Owan

Psychological Points of View for Adopting Effective Performance Appraisals

Kiyoshi Takahashi

Discretionary Nature of Personnel Evaluation and Legal Criteria of Fairness

Takayasu Yanagiya

Performance Management by Optimization of Performance Appraisal Practices: Facilitative Effects of Rater-Ratee's Mutual Consciousness and Feedback

Hisataka Furukawa

Nov.2011 (No.616)
The Crisis of the Middle-Aged

Poverty Risks among the Middle-Aged Male: Poverty Rate of Unemployed Person

Masato Shikata
Kohei Komamura

The Structure of Insecurity that Middle-/High- Aged Males feel: Based on the Panel Research

Tamie Matsuura

The Actual Situation regarding Continuous Employment after 60 Years Old: HRM and the Activity of the Elderly Person

Makoto Fujimoto

Oct.2011 (No.615)
The Impact of the Equal Employment Law

A Forth Century of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment Act

Shozo Yamada

Long-Term Impacts of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law in Japan

Yukiko Abe

Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Work-Life Balance: Do Work-Family Balance Policies Contribute to the Gender Equalization?

Akira Kawaguchi

Changes of HRM for Women after Equal Employment Law 1985

Akira Wakisaka

An International Comparison of Institutional Requisites for Gender Equality: Why is Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent?

Estévez-Abe, Margarita

A Study of the Employment of University-Educated Women in the Age of Equal Employment

Shangbo Li

Sep.2011 (No.614)
Is "Academic Ability" Needed in the Workplace?: The Frontline of Academic Ability Research

Studies on Academic Achievements in Japan: Current Situation and Issues

Toshiaki Kawaguchi

The Determinants of Students' Academic Performance in Japan

Masakazu Hojo

Academic Ability of College Students and Job Performance

Naoyuki Ogata

Aug.2011 (No.613)
Background and Resolution System of Individual Labor Disputes

The Economics of Individual Labor Disputes

Junichiro Ishida

Trade Unions' Role in Complaints and Individual Labor Disputes

Norio Hisamoto

The Issue of Individual Labour Dispute Resolution Systems in Japan : Comparisons with The UK

Masaharu Nose

Jul.2011 (No.612)
Age of Anxiety and Labor

Current Status of Happiness Research: Prescription for Uncertainty about the Future

Kunio Urakawa

Uncertain Future: The Anxiety of the Japanese Youth

Shingo Kukimoto

The Role of Social Security Systems for Modern Workers

Eri Kasagi

Jun.2011 (No.611)
Changes in Japanese Wages in the Two Decades of Stagnation

How is a Wage Determined? : A Viewpoint from Labor Economics

Masaru Sasaki

Recent Trends in Collective Bargaining and Wage Determination in Major EU Countries : Continuity and Changes.

Hiromasa Suzuki

Japanese Employment System in the Lost Decades

Junya Hamaaki, Masahiro Hori, Saeko Maeda, Keiko Murata

Performance-Based Pay Reform in Two Different Markets

Junpei Higuchi

Legal Problems of Wage Adjustments in Japan

Atsuko Kajikawa

An Analysis of Wage Distribution of full-time Employees in Japan: 1989-2008

Hirohide Iwaki, Tadashi Gonda, Mikito Masuda

May.2011 (No.610)
Short-term Employment

Okun's Law and Employment Adjustment

Yoshio Kurosaka

Defining Factors for Employment Portfolios

Masahiro Abe

Job Anxiety among Temporary Agency Workers in Japan

Akiko Ono

Legal Theory about Short-term Employment

Shinobu Nogawa

The Strategy of Contingent Work: A Survey of Regulations of fixed-term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work in the United States, the Netherlands and Germany

Atsushi Honjo

Apr.2011 (No.609) Where all have the Discussions gone

[Employment and Labour Market]

Reconsideration of the Dual Labor Markets

Yuji Genda

A Consideration on the Formation and Consequence of YUTORI Education (Leisuerly Education)

Hideo Iwaki

The Problems of Unmarried Person who lives with Their Parens

Kazuyasu Sakamoto

To Fire or to Hoard? Explaining Japan’s Labor Market Response in the Great Recession

Chad Steinberg/Masato Nakane

Dose Outward FDI promote Hollowing out Industry at Home? A Review of Empirical Research

Toshiyuki Matsuura

[Skill and Work Life]

QC Circle Activities

Takeshi Nakajo

Dynamic Concern on Quality of Working Life and its Essential Issues

Koji Okubayashi

What Meaning did the ‘ME-IT Revolution’ Affect Labour?

Yoshinori Tomita

Influence of Information Technology on Mental Health

Nobuyo Kasuga

Year 2007 Problem

Tomoyo Takagi

[Wage, Benefits and Way of Working]

The Origin and Development of Living-cost-based Wage System

Yoshio Sasajima

Cafeteria Plans: Conditions in Japan and Future Issues

Koji Nishikubo

Reduction of Working Hours

Kazuya Ogura

From Family Friendly to Work Life Balance: What has changed?

Hiromi Sakazume

[Corporate Governance and Industrial Relations]

Peoplism

Hideaki Miyajima

The Realities of the Operating Officers employed in Japanese Companies

Norihisa Yoshimura

Strike Fund: Revival of Old eory in the New Reality

Fujikazu Suzuki

Union Identity

Yoshihide Sano

Feb-Mar.2011 (No.608)
ACADEMIC SURVEY
The Present Situation of Labour Law Theories: A Review of Academic Works 2008-10

Labor Market Polarization and Non-routine Unskilled Employment in Japan

Toshie Ikenaga

Is Non-Standard Employment a "Dead End"? Labor Market Regulation and Transition to Standard Employment

Masato Shikata

Stress Response and Employment Situation of Teachers in Day-Care Centers with a Focus on Employment Status and the Ratio of Part-timers

Tetsuji Kamiya, Ryuuichi Sugiyama-Okuno, Yuichi Toda, and Yuichi Murayama

Special.2011 (No.607)
Labour Policy on Atypical Employment
Compiled by the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Conference on Labour Policy Research Responsible Editing by the 2010 Conference of Labour Policy Study Preparation Committee

The Diversification of Utilization of Non-standard Employees and the Equilibrium of Treatment between Standard and Non-standard Employees

Tomoyuki Shimanuki

The Extent and Effects of Firm-provided Training among Non-regular Employees in Japan

Hiromi Hara

Reflecting Atypical Worker's Voices: Case Studies on Unionizing

Kayo Goto

Labour Policy on Atypical Employment

Kaoko Okuda

Industrial Relations in Sweden: through the Analysis of Firm-level Wage Negotiations

Itaru Nishimura

Changing Elements in German Employee Organizations with the Decentralization of Collective Bargaining: Focus on Trade Unions and Works Councils

Chen Hao

Work-Life Balance and Contingent Work in Germany

Yoko Tanaka

Are the Work-Life Balance (WLB) Policies "Rewards"? Mixtures of WLB Policies, Organizational Commitment and Perceived Performance

Shizuka Takamura

Significance and Possibility of Default Rules as a Regulation Technique for Labor Contracts: Suggestions from Interdisciplinary Research regarding "Default Rules"

Takeo Sakai

Transfer of an Employment Relationship and Restructuring: An Analysis of the German System for Transfer of an Employment Relationship

Fumiko Narita

Unfavorable Modifications of Working Conditions through Work Rules in Korea

Hyosook Park

Consequences of Increasing Non-Regular Employment in Japan and Korea

Machiko Osawa and Myoung-Jung Kim

The Determinants of Job Satisfaction and the Difference between Regular and Irregular Workers in Japan

Xinxin Ma

Characteristics and Issues in Human Resources Management of Contract (Reemployed) Workers, Focusing on the 60-65 Age Group

Miho Fujinami and Eiichi Ohki

Strategic Human Resource Management in a Technology Development Division

Hideki Tanaka

Steady Career Development in Sales-support Staff: Case Study of Consulting Firm A

Mie Osada

Jan.2011 (No.606)
Has The Japanese Employment System Changed?: From both Employee and Employer Perspectives

Corporate Leaders of Japan: Facts and Fallacies

Kazuhiro Mishina
Emiko Hino

Selection and Promotion of Managers in Japanese Companies: Present and Future Perspectives

Atsushi Yashiro

Have Japanese Engineers Changed?

Yoshifumi Nakata
Satoru Miyazaki

How Have Intellectual Skills Changed in the Workplace during the 2000–2010 Decade?

Kuramitsu Muramatsu

New Members of Japan's Working Society: Martyrs both with Family and Employment

Masakazu Yano

The Japanese Human Resources Department in 2009: Has its Role Changed?

Mitsutoshi Hirano

Roles of Trade Unions in Japanese Firms

Hiroyuki Fujimura