Asian Business & Management

, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp 83–109 | Cite as

International human resource management of Japanese multinational corporations: Challenges and future directions

  • Tomoki Sekiguchi
  • Fabian Jintae Froese
  • Chie Iguchi
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Abstract

Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) enjoyed global success until the early 1990s, but recent trends have presented many challenges, necessitating adaptations to international human resource management (IHRM) and other management practices. In reviewing recent changes in the IHRM of Japanese MNCs by focusing on ‘internal internationalization’ at headquarters and ‘external internationalization’ in foreign subsidiaries, we develop a framework that elucidates these processes through the characteristics of industries and Japanese MNCs. Moreover, we discuss future research avenues for a deeper understanding of Japanese IHRM and generating new knowledge in the IHRM field.

Keywords

international HRM Japanese MNCs internationalization headquarters foreign subsidiaries 
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Acknowledgements

The authors thank ABM Editor-in-Chief Michael A. Witt for his support on this Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS) Special Issue. We also thank Associate Editor, John Billingsley, for his help in developing the manuscript.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Tomoki Sekiguchi
    • 1
  • Fabian Jintae Froese
    • 2
  • Chie Iguchi
    • 3
  1. 1.Graduate School of Economics, Osaka UniversityToyonakaJapan
  2. 2.University of Göttingen
  3. 3.Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University.

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