Modernisierung der japanischen Beschäftigungspraxis. Hatte der Westen einen Einfluss darauf?
Modernization of Japanese employment practice. Can we speak of a western influence?

Summary/Abstract: The development of Japanese labor law has been influenced, for historical reasons, by German and American law. Nonetheless, Japanese labor law has retained its distinctive features, which can be attributed in particular to the so-called Japanese employment practice, namely the existence of lifetime employment, seniority wage system and enterprise trade unions. Was this Japanese employment practice also influenced by Europe? Or does it have its roots in the Japanese early modern society? In this essay I consider this question from a historical point of view.

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