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Title: |
Nipponized Confucian Ethos or
Incentive-Compatible Institutional Design: Notes on Morishima, "Why Has
Japan Succeeded?" |
| Author: |
Wan, Henry, Jr. |
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Affiliation: |
Cornell U |
| Source: |
International Economic Journal, Spring 1988, v. 2, no. 1, pp. 101-108 |
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Publication Date: |
Spring 1988 |
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Abstract: |
In his well-cited book, Morishima offered
a cultural explanation of the Japanese economic success. Thus, first,
the Nipponized confucianism breeds political loyalty and, second, this
bushido ethos spawns the discipline and efficiency in the modern
Japanese labor. However, the facts he cited have not convinced us on
either points. Political loyalty is not more conspicuous in Japanese
history than in the political life of the societies. Loyalty in the
Japanese workplace seems to have evolved in corporations which practice
modern principles of scientific management long after the passing of the
bushido institution. |
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