Managing for Creativity in Japan Talking with Foreign Executives in Japan

Recruitment

“It is also more difficult to attract a Japanese person to a non-Japanese company. I think that the reason for that is that they probably think it’s just a one-way ticket meaning that they think they won’t get back into a Japanese company afterwards, although that perception might be changing. (C: why would that be the case?) I think that it’s because they might get some different ideas about HR policy and they might contaminate the other workers in the company who have been there from the start.”



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This post is part of a series of excerpts from interviews with foreign executives in Japan, focusing on creativity. Excerpts have been edited for confidentiality.
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