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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Differences in initial training and wages of japanese engineering and retailing companies - Who pays for higher training costs?
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Authors
  • Uschi Backes-Gellner
  • Shiho Futagami
  • Silvia Teuber
  • Andrea Willi
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title International Journal of Management Research and Business Strategy
Publisher ijmrbs
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 2319-345X
Volume 2
Number 4
Page Range 61 - 76
Date 2013
Abstract Text The optimal human resource and skill development strategy is one important factor of economic success. This paper, therefore, analyzes industry-specific differences in the training provision between engineering and retailing companies in Japan and focuses in particular on the initial training provision for intermediate skills at the firm level. Based on 11 in-depth interviews in the retailing and the engineering sector in Japan, we find that gross training costs per basic trainee are significantly higher in engineering than in retailing. However, not only the engineering companies, but also their employees bear higher costs than their counterparts in retailing. The absolute and relative entrance wages for production employees are significantly lower than the entrance wages of employees in sale. Even though wages in engineering increase significantly stronger within the first five years, the absolute and relative wages in engineering remain still significantly lower. The results relate to the qualification levels of new trainees and the career paths.
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