Voice' and 'exit' in Japanese firms during the Second World War
Sanporevisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3479550 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tetsuji Okazaki (0000-0002-6017-6935, The University of Tokyo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 374-395 |
| Publication date | 2006-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2006.00337.x |
| OpenAlex | W1491235753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
During the Second World War, the Japanese government and private sector searched for and implemented new mechanisms for coordination and motivation. One of these wassangyo hokokukai(sanpo). TheSanpounit was basically an organization of the employer and employees of each firm, which held meetings to moderate labour relations. As a result of government policy to promotesanpounits, around 70 per cent of the total workers in Japan were organized intosanpounits in the early 1940s. As the members of trades unions and the workers of the companies that had factory committees were only 7 per cent and 5 per cent of the total workers in 1936 respectively,sanpowas the first large-scale mechanism for Japanese employees to have a voice. This article examines the role ofsanpo, using prefecture-level and firm-level data, based on a framework integrating the 'voice view' of unionism and transaction cost economics. It was found thatsanporeduced the participation rate in labour disputes, and enhanced labour productivity at least for some of the time
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Incentive · Industrial organization · Labor relations · Labour economics · Market economy · Microeconomics · Private sector · Production (economics) · Productivity · Transaction cost · Unit (ring theory) · Finance · Japanese History and Culture · Labor Movements and Unions · Transport and Economic Policies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
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