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- TAKAHASHI,
N.
The
degree of self-determination and job satisfaction of white-collar workers
in Japanese firms.
In most Japanese major companies, white-collar
workers are engaged in lifetime employment system and seniority-based pay
system. Since noncontingent money payments do not decrease intrinsic motivation,
those companies provide a favorable and unique opportunity to observe and
test intrinsic motivation. The present study tests a version of E. L. Decifs(
1975) hypothesis that, if a personfs feeling of self-determination is enhanced,
his or her job satisfaction will increase. With a measure of self-determination
which was first developed, the hypothesis was is supported by data from
10,916 white-collar workers in 385 organizational units of 46 Japanese major
companies: There is a strong linear relationship between the job satisfaction
and the degree of self-determination.
Keywords: self-determination, job satisfaction, white-collar workers
- WI, J. H.
Organization strategy of established
firms to adapt to a change in product architecture: Dynamic management of
sub units inside an organization.
This paper analyzes the organization strategy
of an established firm when a change in product architecture occurs on a
previous product. For the purpose, the paper analyzes an organizational
design and management of an established firm in overcoming the restrictions
from past resources and in creating heterogeneous resources required in
new product architecture.
Keywords: established firm, change in
product architecture, management of sub units
- HELLER, D. A.
Learning from a strategically
allied firm: Incorporating a teaching perspective.
In order to more accurately represent the inter-firm
learning process in a strategic alliance, this paper argues that, under
certain conditions, it is necessary to incorporate a teaching perspective.
A framework that does so is proposed and tested by a case-study analysis.
Case findings largely support the framework.
Keywords: strategic alliance, inter-firm learning, competence acquisition
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