Akamon Management Review
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Volume 2, Issue 8
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  • Re-evaluating Japan’s seniority system
    What is performance-related pay?
    Nobuo Takahashi
    2003 Volume 2 Issue 8 Pages 339-366
    Published: August 25, 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: March 19, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14955/amr.020802
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
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    Japan’s employment system is fundamentally not a system that rewards workers with a salary; rather its rewards are based on the next job. The work content itself functions as a motivation, which is the most natural model from the perspective of intrinsic motivation theory. On the other hand, the salary-based system in Japanese companies is less about motivation and more about implementing a salary curve to meet the cost of living. These two aspects have supported Japan’s economic growth, and it is now time to return to the basics: protecting the livelihood of employees and reinstituting an employment system that rewards workers according to the content and appeal of the job.

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