FUTURE-ORIENTED MINDSET'S CONTRIBUTION TO MANAGEMENT OF CORPORATE R&D PERSONNEL MOTIVATION IN JAPAN

Addressing the decreasing motivation of R&D personnel in Japan, this paper analyzes the relations between motivation and R&D personnel's future-oriented mindset and the time-climate in their workplace. Questionnaires were given to 240 corporate R&D personnel in six Japanese companies. ANOVA results show that highly motivated personnel have longer-term perspectives about ability growth than do personnel with low motivation levels. In a Japanese automobile company we confirmed the positive impact on work motivation of having managers focus on the future-oriented mindset of subordinates during annual goal-setting interviews.