| Abstract | |
| Survey Number | H005 |
| Survey Title | Survey on the Utilization of Foreign Human Resources among Production Sites, 2003 |
| Depositor | Hiroki Sato (Former Name:Department of Research on the Staffing Industry, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo) |
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| Summary |
Against the backdrop of intensifying international competition, market uncertainty, and shortened product life cycles, the use of external human resources is increasing in the manufacturing industry. In particular, the use of outsourced workers is increasing at manufacturing sites, and it is said that the number of outsourced workers has surpassed the number of part-timers and temporary workers that have been used in the past. Additionally, with the enforcement of the revised Worker Dispatching Act on March 1, 2004, the ban on the use of dispatched workers in manufacturing operations was lifted, and a major change in the way human resources are utilized at manufacturing sites is expected to occur. This survey is a continuation of the "Survey on the Use of In-House Contractors at Production Sites, 2002" (SSJ Data Archive Survey No. H001). It is a questionnaire survey aimed at ascertaining the current status of the use of external human resources at production sites in the manufacturing industry and changes accompanying the lifting of the ban on the dispatch of workers to manufacturing operations. The establishments surveyed in this study are those in the manufacturing industry with which Manpower Japan Inc. has a worker dispatch contract. However, the survey is not limited to establishments that utilize external human resources (at the time of the survey, only outsourced contract labor was applicable) in manufacturing operations. Therefore, the survey’s unique feature is that it clarifies the policy on the utilization of external human resources in preparation for the enforcement of the revised Worker Dispatching Act not only for manufacturing firms that have traditionally utilized outsourced workers but also for those that have not utilized outsourced workers in manufacturing operations. |
| Data Type | quantitative research: micro data |
| Universe | Manufacturing sites with which Manpower Japan Inc. has a worker dispatch contract |
| Unit of Observation | Organization |
| Sample Size | A sample of 299 offices，number of valid responses: 92，rate of effective return: 30.8％ |
| Date of Collection |
~ Though the survey was conducted at manufacturing firms with which Manpower Japan Inc. has a worker dispatch contract, its scope is not limited to those establishments that use external human resources (only outsourced workers were applicable at the time of the survey) in manufacturing operations. Therefore, the survey’s unique feature is that it clarifies the policy on the utilization of external human resources in preparation for the enforcement of the revised Worker Dispatching Act not only for manufacturing firms that have traditionally utilized outsourced workers but also for those that have not utilized outsourced workers in manufacturing operations. |
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| Sampling Procedure | |
| Mode of Data Collection | Sales representatives of Manpower Japan Co., Ltd. were asked to distribute the survey forms to 299 client establishments in the manufacturing industry. The survey targets were selected from among the companies with which the client offices are associated and factories that use external human resources or could potentially use them in the future. The managers of the factories were asked to complete the survey. The questionnaires were collected via mail; respondents mailed the completed questionnaires directly to the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo. |
| Investigator | Study Group on Human Resource Utilization and Human Resource Business in Production Workplaces (Chief Investigators: Hiroki Sato, Yoshihide Sano, Makoto Fujimoto, Takuma Kimura), Manpower Japan Co., Ltd. |
| DOI | 10.34500/SSJDA.H005 |
| Sponsors (Funds) | Supported by Manpower Japan Co., Ltd. |
| 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 |
(1) Businesses’ major products and production activities Major products, whether the products are made-to-order or prospective production, range of fluctuation in production volume over the past year, consistency of production and order volume, scale of overseas production, cost competition intensity, cost reduction measures implemented in terms of production technology and management over the past 3 years (2) Dispatched workers in manufacturing operations Awareness of the revised Worker Dispatching Act of 2004, intention to use dispatched workers at manufacturing sites (when the dispatch period is limited to 1 or 3 year(s)), work for which dispatched workers should be used (with a 1-year dispatch period), merits of worker dispatching (with a 1-year dispatch period) compared to outsourced contracting (3) Workers Workforce composition (current number of employees, increase/decrease compared to 3 years ago, 3-year forecast), hiring availability of local full-time employees, part-time workers, contract workers, and other human resources of the required quality and quantity (4) Status of the utilization of outsourced contract labor in manufacturing operations Whether the company utilizes outsourced contract labor in its manufacturing operations, when the company began utilizing outsourced contracting labor, status of transactions with outsourced contracting companies (number of outsourced contracting companies, departments with the authority to hire outsourced contract labor, criteria for selecting outsourced contracting companies), status of outsourced contracting labor (work responsibilities, late-night work), presence of outsourced contracting company managers in charge of labor management, etc., reasons and purposes for utilizing outsourced contract labor, negative impacts of utilizing outsourced contract labor (5) Business affiliation Location, year of establishment, sales in FY2002 (when FY2000 is set at 100), industry, number of full-time employees at the company as a whole |
| Date of Release | 2006/11/09 |
| Topics in CESSDA |
Click here for details Employment Labour relations/conflict Working conditions TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS |
| Topics in SSJDA | Employment/Labor |
| Version | 1 ： 2006-11-09 |
| Notes for Users | Variable and value labels are written in Japanese. |