Japan and Germany have faced very similar challenges, namely ageing populations, changing employment structures, and globalization. This book explores the demographic challenges for human resource management and labour market policies in Germany and Japan and how public and company policies in both countries deal with these challenges.

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Autorentext
Harald Conrad is Sasakawa Lecturer in Japan's Economy and Management at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield. Uschi Backes-Gellner is Professor at the Institute for Strategy and Business Economics, University of Zurich. Marjaana Gunkel is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. Viktoria Heindorf is Research and Teaching Associate at Japan Centre and the Faculty of Business, Munich University. Yoshio Higuchi is Professor at the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University. Holger Luczak is Professor emeritus at the Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University. Gerhard Naegele is Professor of Social Gerontology at the University of Dortmund. Jiro Nakamura is Professor at the Advanced Research Institute for the Sciences and Humanities, Nihon University. Keisuke Nakamura is Professor at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. Isao Ohashi is Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University. Atsushi Seike is Professor of Labor Economics, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University. Nobuyuki Shintani is Specialized Senior Officer, Research and Planning Department, at the Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Union. Marie-Christine Stemann is Research Assistant at the Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University. Stephan Veen is Research Assistant at the Institute forStrategy and Business Economics, University of Zurich. Franz Waldenberger is Professor of Japanese Economy at the Japan Centre and the Faculty of Business, Munich University. Sebastian Wenzke is a Project Manager at Chemserv Industrie Service GmbH in Linz, Austria. Birgitta Wolff is Professor of International Management at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. Isamu Yamamoto is Associate Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University.

Inhalt
Demographic Challenges for Human Resource Management Practices and Labour Market Policies in Japan and Germany - An Overview; H. Conrad, V. Heindorf & F. Waldenberger Aging Workforces and Challenges to Human Resource Management in German Firms; U. Backes-Gellner & S. Veen Pensions and Labour Market Reforms for the Ageing Society; A. Seike Effects of Institutions on Human Capital Investment: A Comparison of Policies in Japan, Germany and the USA; B. Wolff, M. Gunkel & S. Wenzke Labour, Income and Poverty among Elderly Japanese; I. Ohashi The Employment of Older Workers in Japanese Firms: Empirical Evidence From Micro Data; Y. Higuchi & I. Yamamoto Effects of Support Measures on Employment of Elderly People in Japan; J. Nakamura Ergonomic Design and Intervention Strategies in Health Promotion for Ageing Workforces; H. Luczak & M. C. Stemann The Performance-based Salary System and Personnel Management Reforms in Japan; K. Nakamura Paradigm Changes in Labour Market Policies for Older Workers in Germany - Background Factors and Recent Developments; G. Naegele Towards 'Ageless' Employment Policies - A Union's Experience of the Extension of the Mandatory Retirement Age; N. Shintani