TY - JOUR
T1 - Work and family practices in Japanese firms
T2 - Their scope, nature and impact on employee turnover
AU - Yanadori, Yoshio
AU - Kato, Takao
N1 - Funding Information:
Among the 945 firms whose information is included in SSJ 2004, 765 firms are publicly traded firms. While this publication does not state how it selected firms, it includes most major Japanese firms. Our calculations indicate that the total number of employees hired by the 765 publicly traded firms in this publication accounts for 54% of the employees hired by all Japanese publicly traded firms. In addition to SSJ 2004, we supplemented our data by information from Toyo Keizai’s Shushoku Shikiho (SS, hereafter) 2004. It is also a publication for college students entering the job market but not particularly targeted for female students. The information on turnover rate in 2003 was collected from SSJ 2005. Other firm information was drawn from Toyo Keizai’s Japan Company Handbook and each firm’s financial statement submitted to the Japanese Financial Service Agency.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Using firm-level data from Japan, this study examines the effects of four commonly used work and family practices on employee turnover: flextime, maternity leave, child care leave, and nursing care leave. Overall, we find statistically significant associations between work and family practices and female employee turnover in Japan. In stark contrast, we do not find such a statistically significant linkage between work and family practices and male employee turnover. As such, this study highlights the potential moderating effect of individual characteristics such as gender on the relationship between work and family practices and employee attitudes and behaviours.
AB - Using firm-level data from Japan, this study examines the effects of four commonly used work and family practices on employee turnover: flextime, maternity leave, child care leave, and nursing care leave. Overall, we find statistically significant associations between work and family practices and female employee turnover in Japan. In stark contrast, we do not find such a statistically significant linkage between work and family practices and male employee turnover. As such, this study highlights the potential moderating effect of individual characteristics such as gender on the relationship between work and family practices and employee attitudes and behaviours.
KW - Japanese firms
KW - Voluntary turnover
KW - Work and family practices
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U2 - 10.1080/09585190802673494
DO - 10.1080/09585190802673494
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61849141644
VL - 20
SP - 439
EP - 456
JO - International Journal of Human Resource Management
JF - International Journal of Human Resource Management
SN - 0958-5192
IS - 2
ER -