| Abstract: | Since the latter half of the 1970s, interest in Japanese management and industrial relations increased in developing countries aiming to emulate the success of Japan. The entry of foreign investment to the Philippines also involves tensions related to human resource utilisation. This paper, using primary data, surveys the issues related to human resource utilisation among Japanese firms operating in the Philippines. The paper focuses upon labour market internalisation policies: hiring and recruitment, skills formation through on-the-job training, job assignments, job rotation and wage determination.This paper was written while the author was on study leave as a PhD Candidate (Mombusho Fellow) at the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University in Tokyo. Acknowledgements are due to Prof Yoko Sano, Prof Hideo Ishida, Prof Haruo Shimada, Prof Ryohei Magota, Mr Hiro Nagai, and Mr Masahiro Abe, and colleagues from the U.P. SOLAIR for their advice and suggestions. The Japan Foundation supported part of the research, and is gratefully acknowledged. |
