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Strategic Human Resource Management Approaches to Workforce Diversity in Japan—Harnessing Corporate Culture for Organizational Competitiveness1

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  • Darren McDonald

    (Department of Business Studies and Informatics, Faculty of Business Administration, Daito Bunka University, Tokyo)

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Japanese human resource management (HRM) is currently faced with challenges that have emerged from the increasing diversity among employees. This study surveyed five companies (in the food, chemical, trade, and education sectors), focusing on three types of diversity—employment structures, values held by different generations, and gender. Drawing from the survey results, this paper attempts to provide guidelines for formulating contingent proactive HRM approaches in managing diversity and to harness corporate culture in achieving organizational competitiveness.

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  • Darren McDonald, 2003. "Strategic Human Resource Management Approaches to Workforce Diversity in Japan—Harnessing Corporate Culture for Organizational Competitiveness1," Global Business Review, International Management Institute, vol. 4(1), pages 99-114, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:globus:v:4:y:2003:i:1:p:99-114
    DOI: 10.1177/097215090300400107
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