Table 1 shows the descriptive statistics for the sample. Male respondents dominate both
the managerial and employees subsamples (98.1% and 74.6%, respectively), and managers
are generally older than employees in the sample; these demographics are fairly typical of
Japanese organizations (Ogasawara 1998). The sample contains a relatively even
distribution of company sizes, based on numbers of employees, and the core sectors of
manufacturing, general services, and the banking/finance/insurance are well-represented.
Analysis using 95% confidence intervals for proportions demonstrates that the managers
and employees samples have similar distributions for both company size and industry.