| Ability pay, 105 |
| Age, worker. See Senior workers; Younger
workers |
| Age-based pay. See Seniority-based pay |
| Appraisals. See Performance appraisals |
| Apprenticeship programs, 70 |
| Automation, 26-27, 42 |
| Automobile industry, 7, 8, 174, 179 | career ladders in, 115 | | employee involvement in, 72 | | job security in, 40-41, 51-52 | | labor costs in, 29-30 | | outsourcing in, 26 | | pay systems in, 102, 115 | | strikes, 41, 150, 154 | | work hours in, 140-41 | | See also specific companies |
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| Banking industry, 38 |
| Bank of Japan, 183-84 |
| Bargaining. See Collective bargaining; |
| Pattern bargaining |
| Benefits, 32 |
| Birth rate, 58-59 |
| Blue-collar workers | fairness issues, 100 | | gender-based pay differentials, 130 | | job security, 37, 40 | | pay systems, 105, 196 | | performance appraisals, 105 | | training, 91 | | "white collarization" of, 196, 204 | | See also Production workers |
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| Bonus systems, 29, 30, 91 |
| Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys, 78, 79 |
| Business cycles, 28, 36 |
| Career paths/ladders, 8-9, 10, 195, 205, 207 | in Japan, 134, 142 | | in Japan vs. United States, 6, 12, 13, 106-19 | | pay systems and, 111-15, 130 | | training and, 69, 71, 81, 84-85 | | in United States, 132-34 |
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| CEO pay, 127-28 |
| Churitsu Roren federation, 190n.1 |
| Collective bargaining, 87, 144, 150, 152-56, 166 |
| Communication skills, 10 |
| Company size, 98, 123, 136n.19. See also
Large firms; Small firms |
| Compensation systems. See Pay systems |
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