Confucius - a Chinese thinker still present in Japan's business practices
by Balázs Vaszkun; Takashi Saito
European J. of International Management (EJIM), Vol. 17, No. 2/3, 2022

Abstract: Regarding the impact of Confucius on Japanese management, we consider that it is important to distinguish between the 'economic' factors and the 'psychological' factors in Japanese-style management. The latter, despite their eroding economic relevance, seem to be more strongly connected to Confucianism. Based on the literature we identify the main Confucian values and empirically test for their presence by using a panel of 353 full-time Japanese employees. We find that the main components of Japanese-style management such as the 'Parent-like responsibility of managers' and 'Loyalty' are strongly related to Confucian values. On the other hand, practices based on economic rationality are not significantly affected by the latter.

Online publication date: Fri, 04-Feb-2022

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the European J. of International Management (EJIM):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com