The significance of diversity & inclusion in employment : the analysis of women's labour force participation in Japan

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  • 雇用におけるダイバーシティ＆インクルージョンの意義 : 女性活躍推進を分析の起点として
  • コヨウ ニオケル ダイバーシティ ＆ インクルージョン ノ イギ : ジョセイ カツヤク スイシン オ ブンセキ ノ キテン トシテ

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Human resource utilization becomes the company's primary purpose of promotion of women's labour force participation, since Japanese companies train their workers by on-the-job training. The goal of the promotion is for all workers regardless of gender or occupation to discharge their duties. By shifting to job-based employment, companies may quickly increase the ratio of female executives, managers and professionals, but in exchange, companies would be going to abandon the on-the-job training of their workers and the assessment system. In Japan, labor contracts do not limit types or places of jobs (ambiguity of the labour contract). Accordingly, it can be said that all regular employees are required to "do anything, anytime, anywhere." In reality, it is also required to "accomplish the task" by company's organizational norms. The requirement for all regular employees to "accomplish the task" creates a barrier to the measures such as promotion of women's labour participation and mitigation of long working hours. Diversity and Inclusion (D & I) is the measures to recruit workers with diverse abilities and values although they have some restrictions on working hours and duties. Therefore, the significance of D & I is to promote diverse working patterns. However, in order to realize the measures, it is essential to review the current business structure, which requires, as described above, all workers to "accomplishing anything, anytime, anywhere." Considering collective bargaining, it will be of significance for D & I to clarify the ambiguity of labour contracts by suppressing the organizational norm, which substantially regulates working patterns of regular workers, although it seems to be a medium and long term practical issue to tackle.

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  • 評論・社会科学

    評論・社会科学 (140), 79-107, 2022-03-31

    The Association of Social Studies, Doshisha University

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