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4. Seishain Versus Keiyakushain

Author : Fred R. Schumann

Published in: Changing Trends in Japan's Employment and Leisure Activities

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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The sarariiman, as we knew him from postwar Japan, is becoming a thing of the past. The company man is being replaced by a host of nonregular employees to help Japanese corporations adjust to the prevailing and forecasted economic conditions. The full-time keiyakushain (contract worker), as well as part-time workers are now growing in numbers in Japan’s organizations, creating challenges not only for human resource professionals, but also for policy makers that are faced with growing numbers of dissatisfied workers struggling with lower wages and nonstable employment.

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Title: Seishain Versus Keiyakushain
Author: Fred R. Schumann
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Book: Changing Trends in Japan's Employment and Leisure Activities
Print ISBN: 978-981-10-3607-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-3608-8

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3608-8_4

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