Abstract
This study clarifies the characteristics of personnel management among the employees and members of community-based farming corporations. We highlight these characteristics by considering similarities and differences in personnel management between members and employees.
The similarities are as follows: recruitment makes use of directors’ network connections, a machine operator must obtain a driver’s license to use agricultural machinery, hourly wages are roughly the same, and personnel evaluation systems aresimilar.
Differences relate to a specific portion of personnel management among employees: recruitment makes use of unemployment offices, and job advertisements within the store; education with respect to farming techniques, as well as commercial knowledge, are roughly the same; and standard monthly wages and, participation in social insurance tend to be similar.
