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Peer reviewedWatanabe, Susumu – International Labour Review, 1991
The competitiveness of Japanese industry is in part because of their quality circles. Despite the West's interest in most Japanese business practices, quality circles have been difficult to transplant. This may be a result of misconceptions about their nature and the erroneous idea that workers' motivation is sociocultural, whereas in fact it is…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employee Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Motivation
