2010 年 31 巻 p. 67-78
We estimate how much influence conduct of the measures, such as equal opportunities and family friendliness, has on a performance of small and medium-sized entities (SMEs). However, it should be considered that many other factors, such as personnel management systems, policies of top leaders and a structure of employees' generations, are important to both a development of these measures and an improvement of a performance. Using a data of SMEs in Aichi prefectural region, it was proved that although equal opportunities and family friendliness were the significant factors for the improvement of a performance, the personnel management systems and the structure of employees' generations could be strong factors which influence both on the measures and a performance. In this case the correlation among the measures and a performance could be a fake and the effect of the measures on a performance shouldn't be overestimated.