Promotion of R&D Professionals in Japan: Influences of Inter-Functional Transfers and Inter-Organizational Mobility*  

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Murakami, Yukiko

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Japan Labor Review vol. 6 no. 3 (2009), page 79.
Topik: Japan; R&D Professionals; Promotion; Influences of Inter-Functional Transfers; Inter-Organizational Mobility
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This study analyzed the career development of R&D professionals, focusing on internal promotions. In this study, two research questions—whether inter- functional transfers are a prerequisite for their promotion and whether inter- organizational moves have a negative influence were examined by analyzing original data on four types of organizations: national laboratories emphasizing basic research, those focusing on applied research, private laboratories in the electric and electronics industry, and those in the pharmaceutical industry. Inter-functional transfers increase and inter-organizational moves decrease prospects for promotion only in private laboratories in the electric and electronics industry, which produce highly-integrated products and demand cross-functional coordination. There are two avenues of career development for R&D professionals: The first is through inter-functional transfers and internal promotion within an organization, while the second is career development specializing in and advancing specific functional knowledge, which is sometimes pursued through inter-organizational moves. The characteristics of knowledge that each organization requires its R&D professionals to possess influence the nature of its R&D professionals’ career development. Because the first type is the majority in the Japanese economy, the labor market for R&D professionals is immobile.

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