Human Resource Management in Japan and South Korea

• Published in: Routledge Handbook of Human Resource Management in Asia
• Main Authors: Froese, Fabian Jintae, Sekiguchi, Tomoki, Maharjan, Mohan Pyari
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
• Subjects: Asia; Business and Management; Cooke; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Ethnic studies; handbook; HRM; human; Interdisciplinary studies; KJMV2 Personnel and human resources management; management; Management and management techniques; Management of specific areas; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; resource; Social groups, communities and identities; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences

This chapter examines HRM in Japan and Korea. The two neighboring nations situated in Northeast Asia have a mixed feeling towards each other for historical reasons, despite traditionally sharing much in their HRM systems. Since the early 1980s, Japan and Korea have been two high performing economies...