Title: The Economic Effects of Trade Unions in Japan
First published: 2000
Description: "The purpose of this book is to investigate whether trade unions in Japan are different from those in Europe and North America, and - if they are - to establish how and why they are different. The authors examine whether trade unions in Japan contribute to raising productivity and enhancing company performance, Western unions are often regarded as harmful to excellent company performance. Enterprise unionism is discussed in the context of this positive aspect of trade unions.".

"The authors examine the kind of employees who join unions; the kind of firms in which unions are organized; the principal reasons for the declining trend in the unionization rate; and it asks if there are differences in wage and satisfaction levels and other economic variables between unionized and non-union firms."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Labor policy, Industrial relations, Economic conditions, Labor unions, Japan, economic policy, Industrial relations, japan, Labor unions, japan
Places: Japan
Time periods: 1945-
LC classification: HD6832 .T23 2000