| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | 0312 |
| Survey Title | Survey on Changes in the Japanese-style Human Resources System, 1999 |
| Depositor | Japan Productivity Center |
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| Summary |
This survey includes the "Survey on the Lifetime Employment System," which was conducted by the Japan Productivity Center in 1992, the "Survey on the Introduction of the Annual Salary System," conducted in 1993, and the "Survey on the Introduction of the Discretionary Labor System," conducted in 1994. This is the third iteration of the 1998 "Survey on the Transformation of the Japanese-style Personnel System," which was conducted in 1997. This is the third one that has been conducted since 1997 as the "Survey on Changes in the Japanese-style Human Resources System." This survey is built upon the "Survey on the lifetime employment system" in 1992, the "Survey on the introduction of an annual salary system" in 1993 and the "Survey on the introduction of a discretionary labor system" in 1994 conducted by the Japan Productivity Center. This survey was conducted in 1997 as the 1998 "Survey on Changes in the Japanese-Style Human Resources System," the third one under this title. During the era of rapid economic growth, lifetime employment practices created a cycle that promoted corporate growth. However, with the rapid progress of internationalization and the aging society during the 1980s in particular, this cycle has reversed and the cost of labor has increased, placing a heavy burden on companies. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this survey was to continuously investigate the transformation of Japanese companies’ human resources management systems, with a focus on whether companies are willing to maintain lifetime employment practices in the future, and how the targets and content of lifetime employment practices may change. The main continuous survey items address the following: (1)Awareness of lifetime employment practices (2)Percentage of companies that have introduced the annual salary system and target persons (3)Implementation of a goal management system and an evaluation system (4)Percentage of companies that have introduced the discretionary labor system, and their advantages and disadvantages (5)Status of acceptance of dispatched (haken) workers and occupations type for which dispatched (haken) workers desired (6)Introduction status of various personnel treatment systems (current trends such as retirement benefits wage addition system, internship system, cafeteria plan, etc.) |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Human resources and labor relations personnel of 2,398 listed companies |
| Unit of Observation | Organization |
| Sample Size | 317 responding companies (Response rate: 13.2%) |
| Date of Collection |
1999-11-22 ~ 1999-12-24 1999/11/22 – 12/24 |
| Time Period |
1999 ~ 1999 |
| Spatial Unit | |
| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Self-administered questionnaire: Paper Collection was by mail or fax |
| Investigator | Japan Productivity Center |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.0312 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | |
| Related Publications (by the Investigator) | Please refer to the abstract in Japanese. |
| Related Publications (based on Secondary Analysis) | List of related publications (based on Secondary Analysis) |
| Documentation | 【 Questionnaire 】 |
| Major Survey Items |
Questionnaire items: (1) Lifetime employment practices Awareness of lifetime employment practices, measures to maintain lifetime employment practices, personnel system to be implemented for the next three years, future hiring of regular employees, awareness of employment after the age 60, introduction of a method of adding salary to retirement benefits, thoughts on welfare benefits (2) Wage system Introduction of merit-based salary, problems regarding merit-based salary, wage determination criteria, merits of the merit-based salary system, utilization status of competencies in the personnel system, method of use (3) Annual salary system Introduction status of the annual salary system, position of target employees, introduction of annual salary system (at the managerial and non-managerial levels), advantages and disadvantages of introducing the annual salary system (4) Evaluation system Introduction status of the goal management system, something that directly reflects the result of achievement of the goal, the necessity of improving the employee evaluation system, problems with the employee evaluation system, evaluated person’s evaluation result notification, presence or absence of a complaint handling system, functionality of the grievance system, performance-based and personal grievance method (5) Introduction status of various personnel treatment systems Year-round hiring, job-specific hiring, internship system, abolition of regular salary increase system, abolition of age-based salary, performance-linked bonus, stock options, reduction of planned interest rate for corporate pension, cafeteria plan, defined pension contribution, double-line wage system, mandatory retirement age policy for company officers (6) Discretionary labor system Introduction status of discretionary labor system, target occupation type, advantages and disadvantages of introduction (7) Dispatched labor State of accepting dispatched (haken) workers, occupation type for which dispatched (haken) workers are wanted, role of dispatched labor, portion of employees’ employment status (current, in the future) Face items: Business content, number of regular employees |
| Date of Release | 2004/02/06 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT Employment Labour relations/conflict Working conditions |
| Topics in SSJDA | Employment/Labor |
| Version | 1 ： 2004-02-06 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |