Matanle, P. (2006) The habit of a lifetime? Japanese and British university students' attitudes to permanent employment. Japan Forum, 18 (2). 229 - 254 . ISSN 0955-5803
Abstract
This article presents an analysis from a social constructionist perspective of data collected from British and Japanese university students on the desirability of lifetime employment at a single organization. The article emphasizes two related processes and in so doing helps to account for the diversity of employment structures both between and within the two countries as well as the persistence of lifetime employment in Japan. First, it shows that the two groups display some similarities in their attitudes but that their assumptions about employment practices in their countries may differ. These lead the two groups to develop the belief that they may be offered different outcomes and, thus, the students develop different conclusions as to the desirability of lifetime employment for themselves. Second, the research shows some differences in the students' approaches and these too lead them to reach different conclusions about the desirability of lifelong employment. In addition, the research highlights how, in both Britain and Japan, medical students' expectations are at times at odds with those of their colleagues in other subjects, and this may have important consequences for our understanding of how the respective employment systems are reproduced over time.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2006 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Japan Forum. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | sociology of work; employment studies; university graduates; lifetime employment; labour markets |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2014 14:55 |
Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2018 03:50 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09555800600731148 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09555800600731148 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:78018 |