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ERIC Number: EJ624281
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0730-8884
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Productivity and Skill at a Japanese Transplant and Its Parent Company.
Shibata, Hiromichi
Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v28 n2 p234-60 May 2001
Comparison of a Japanese auto plant and its U.S. affiliate attributed the 10% lower production rate of the latter to less-integrated and weaker troubleshooting skills and lower maintenance skills. Lack of integrated skills in the U.S. was attributed to use of a job-bid system for transfers; integrated skill formation was controlled by supervisors in Japan. (Contains 52 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Maintenance, Occupational Mobility, Productivity, Skill Development, Supervisors, Troubleshooting
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan; United States
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