Multi‐skilling, Delegation and Continuous Process Improvement
A Comparative Analysis of US–Japanese Work Organizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9723870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hodaka Morita (0000-0001-5996-008X, Hitotsubashi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 285 |
| Pages | 69-93 |
| Publication date | 2005-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2005.00402.x |
| OpenAlex | W2077648095 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
This paper focuses on the stylized differences in work organizations and labour market practices between the United States and Japan concerning multi‐skilling, delegation, continuous process improvement, human capital accumulation and labour turnover. It presents a model that addresses interconnections among three key features of work organizations (multi‐skilling, delegation and continuous process improvement), and examines ways in which they are related to labour market practices. It analyses strategic interactions among firms concerning their choices of work organization, and shows that strategic complementarity arising from labour market externality can yield the multiplicity of equilibria that provides a systematic explanation for the differences
Business · Complementarity (molecular biology) · Delegation · Economics · Externality · Human capital · Industrial organization · Labour economics · Management · Market economy · Microeconomics · Process (computing) · Work (physics) · Labor Movements and Unions
Multiskilling
Mobility and innovation
Flexible work organization and employer provided training
Bribery, on-the-job training, and firm performance
Demand fluctuations, labour flexibility and productivity
Variable Payment Schemes and Productivity
Long-Term Employment and Job Security over the Past 25 Years
Appropriating the Returns from Industrial Research and Development
Rationalizability, Learning, and Equilibrium in Games with Strategic Complementarities
Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence
Coordinating Coordination Failures in Keynesian Models
Information, Incentives and Bargaining in the Japanese Economy
Work, Mobility, and Participation
Adverse Selection in the Labour Market
Job Matching and the Theory of Turnover
Choice of Technology and Labour Market Consequences
Multiskilling, Technical Change and the Japanese Firm
How Common is Workplace Transformation and Who Adopts it
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,64 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |