2018 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Japan's International Human Resources - Individual's Culture-Specific Skills and Roles in MNCs
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15K13041
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
内田 亨 新潟国際情報大学, 経営情報学部, 教授 (50453460)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | biculturalism / IHRM / diversity / foreign employee / inclusion climate |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The project ended this year with the completion of a survey, itself was the result of the previous years' work. As stated in our "Summary of Research Achievements" of last year, for the potential of bicultural individuals' skills to bear fruits, they need a breeding ground, a favourable environment, a matching situation, at the organizational (and national) level. In other words, the question asked is: How diversity-ready is the monocultural majority (in the Japanese context)? What do "regular" Japanese employees think of working with non-monoculturals (both foreigners and biculturals)? The survey conducted this last year, as the conclusion of this research project, aims precisely at determining this. We probed a sample of 572 Japanese respondents on their views (both positive and negative) of cultural diversity at work and on the value of working with foreign nationals. This sample was split between two groups: 316 (55%) Japanese who do (already) work with foreigners, and 256 (45%) Japanese who do not work with foreigners. To measure Japanese employees' perception on the effects of cultural diversity at work, we used a questionnaire de developed by Huis et al. (2015). Apart from more classic demographics, our variables included respondent's (self-reported) linguistic and communication skills, experience abroad, and job and organization characteristics. The analysis of the results obtained through this survey, itself the final outcome of this 4-year project, will be the next step in our research on bicultural individuals as resource for Japanese companies.
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