Human Resource Management in Japan and South Korea

This chapter provides an overview of human resource management (HRM) in Japan and South Korea (henceforth Korea) and discusses the recent globalization challenges that enterprises from both countries face. Given the importance of large enterprises in these countries, though the importance of small medium enterprises (SMEs) has been emphasized recently, we focus on the HRM issues of large enterprises. Moreover, we provide the managerial implications of how Japanese and Korean enterprises can respond to the current globalization challenges, as well as suggesting avenues for future research.