Safety in Numbers: Downsizing and the Deinstitutionalization of Permanent Employment in Japan
Abstract
This study examines the role of downsizing in the deinstitutionalization of permanent employment among publicly listed companies in Japan between 1990 and 1997. We found that although economic pressure triggered downsizing, social and institutional pressures shaped the pace and process by which downsizing spread. Large, old, wholly domestically owned, and high-reputation Japanese firms were resistant to downsizing at first, as were firms with...
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Title
Safety in Numbers: Downsizing and the Deinstitutionalization of Permanent Employment in Japan
Published Date
Dec 1, 2001
Volume
46
Issue
4
Pages
622 - 654
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