Comparison of Human Resource Management between the Pharmaceutical and Electrical Industries in Japan

This research compares human resource management

(HRM) in the pharmaceutical and electrical industries in

Japan and finds differences between the two industries. In

the pharmaceutical industry, both Japanese-owned and

foreign-owned firms are moving toward a western type of

HRM. In the electrical industry, foreign-owned firms apply a

western type of HRM, but Japanese-owned firms continue to

use a Japanese type of HRM. The research then analyzed

these differences based on institutional entrepreneurship. In

the pharmaceutical industry, western-owned large

pharmaceutical firms, as the main actors in the global market,

act as institutional entrepreneurs. In the electrical industry,

whereas western-owned firms introduced a western type of

HRM, Japanese-owned firms maintain a Japanese type of

HRM; both western- and Japanese-owned firms are the main

actors in this global market. These different HRM approaches

reflect the competitive power balance in the global market of

the two industries.

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