Abstract
Abstract Nikkeiren, founded in April 1948 as Japan's peak business association for dealing with labour problems, carried out a campaign in 1948–50 to restore the right to manage. During this campaign Nikkeiren developed a coherent ideological justification for the authoritarian personnel practices that subsequently became the foundation for Japan's reputedly co-operative labour-relations practices. This article examines the labour movement challenge to employer authority in the late 1940s and the difficulties Nikkeiren had in devising an ideology for managerial prerogative in a time of democratic reform and labour movement activism. The article concludes by analysing the contrasting role of the Japan Productivity Centre in the 1950s.
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