We consider that the essence of Japanese style of management is found not in the institutions and customs for personnel manegement of Japanese firms, but in the philosophy or value system embodied in those institutions. In particular, managerial policies promoting "a sense of unity in a firm" are regarded as indispensable policies to realize " the Japanese style". Thus we measured the degree of favorable attitudes towards it in terms of job-consciousness, of which the data were collected by our own survey.
We derived two conclusions: (1) the younger generations in their 20's and 30's, who dislike groupism in work, are least receptive to Japanese style of management; (2) these days, high school-graduate workers in their 40's and 50's as well are deeply disappointed with the Japanese management system of long-term employment and seniority wages.
