Family-friendly Policy and Corporate Performance : A Case from the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry

Takeuchi, Mamiko; Shin, Hye-jeong; Matsushige, Hisakazu

doi:https://doi.org/10.18910/23348

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タイトル	Family-friendly Policy and Corporate Performance : A Case from the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry
著者	NRID 1000080737742 1000080737742 著者名 Takeuchi, Mamiko
	著者名 Shin, Hye-jeong
	NRID 1000050219424 1000050219424 researchmap permalink read0076588 read0076588 Scopus Author ID 56455644800 56455644800 著者名 Matsushige, Hisakazu
キーワード等	Family−friendly policy
	corporate performance
	female employee
抄録	As their social responsibility, companies are required to create more effective family−friendly working conditions amidst trends such as declining birthrate and rapid increase in aging. However, companies usually manage their operations on the basis of the principle of optimization to maximize profits. Therefore, they are less willing to launch family−friendly initiatives unless such initiatives yiel d profits, even if they are effective in supporting a harmonious balance between employee job performance and domestic life. In response to this situation, recent studies have been approaching family−friendly measures as part of profitable strategies for human resource management, not as part of a corporate welfare program for facilitating employee amenities. This study examined the effect of utilization measures for female employees and family−friendly policies on corporate performance by matching corporate data in the Japanese pharmaceutical industry surveyed in 1995 and data specified in the 1996, 1998 and 2001 editions of the “Corporate Quarterly Report.” As a result of the examination, we discovered that particular job training programs for female employees as part of active utilization measures for female employees led to a positive effect on boosting corporate performance. This suggests that the aggressive utilization of competent female employees is important to companies. In addition, it is conceivable that special commuting systems, such as the flextime system and the staggered working hours system, could potentially reduce corporate productivity. However, it was shown that this negative impact can be smaller when compared with the positive impact of utilization measures for female employees on corporate performance.
出版者	大阪大学経済学会
	The Economic Society of Osaka University
	オオサカ　ダイガク　ケイザイ　ガッカイ
収録物名	大阪大学経済学
収録物名	Osaka Economic Papers
巻(号)	58(3)
ページ	62-73
刊行年月	2008-12
言語	英語
ハンドルURL	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/23348
DOI	https://doi.org/10.18910/23348
PISSN	04734548
NCID	AN00030111
アクセス権	open access
出版タイプ	Version of Record
カテゴリ	本学関連学会 Related Societies
カテゴリ	大阪大学経済学 / 58巻3号 (2008-12)

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DCTERMS.bibliographicCitation	大阪大学経済学. 2008, 58(3), p. 62-73
DC.title	Family-friendly Policy and Corporate Performance : A Case from the Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry
DC.creator	Takeuchi, Mamiko
	Shin, Hye-jeong
	Matsushige, Hisakazu
DC.publisher	大阪大学経済学会
	The Economic Society of Osaka University
	オオサカ　ダイガク　ケイザイ　ガッカイ
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	corporate performance
	female employee
DCTERMS.abstract	As their social responsibility, companies are required to create more effective family−friendly working conditions amidst trends such as declining birthrate and rapid increase in aging. However, companies usually manage their operations on the basis of the principle of optimization to maximize profits. Therefore, they are less willing to launch family−friendly initiatives unless such initiatives yiel d profits, even if they are effective in supporting a harmonious balance between employee job performance and domestic life. In response to this situation, recent studies have been approaching family−friendly measures as part of profitable strategies for human resource management, not as part of a corporate welfare program for facilitating employee amenities. This study examined the effect of utilization measures for female employees and family−friendly policies on corporate performance by matching corporate data in the Japanese pharmaceutical industry surveyed in 1995 and data specified in the 1996, 1998 and 2001 editions of the “Corporate Quarterly Report.” As a result of the examination, we discovered that particular job training programs for female employees as part of active utilization measures for female employees led to a positive effect on boosting corporate performance. This suggests that the aggressive utilization of competent female employees is important to companies. In addition, it is conceivable that special commuting systems, such as the flextime system and the staggered working hours system, could potentially reduce corporate productivity. However, it was shown that this negative impact can be smaller when compared with the positive impact of utilization measures for female employees on corporate performance.
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	Shin, Hye-jeong
	Matsushige, Hisakazu
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	The Economic Society of Osaka University
	オオサカ　ダイガク　ケイザイ　ガッカイ
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