2020 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Sociolinguistic Research on the Discourses of Multicultural Workplaces in Japan: Understanding the Linguistic Behaviour and Overcoming Communicative Issues in Cross-cultural Interaction Among Workers
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19K00751
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| Research Institution | Kansai University |
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Principal Investigator |
Barke Andrew 関西大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (90615741)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
嶋津 百代 関西大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (90756868)
村田 和代 龍谷大学, 政策学部, 教授 (50340500)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | multicultural workplaces / communication problems / communication strategies / workplace interaction / Japanese & non-Japanese / intercultural |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Planned research activities for year 2 (2020.4~2021.3) of the project included: (1) continue collecting data; (2) transcribe recorded data; (3) analyse data; (4) present initial findings at conferences. Due to COVID-19, many planned activities were unable to be completed fully.
Research achievements for the above period are as follows: (1) Data has been collected from 10 workplaces, but mostly interviews between 2019.11~ 2020.02 (pre-COVID-19). Gaining access to workplace discourse has not been possible due to COVID.
(2) Data transcription is continuing.
(3)~(4) While some initial analysis of the data has been carried out, a planned panel session at the EPICS IX conference (Spain) was cancelled due to COVID-19 and project members report being unable to attend conferences due to COVID-19.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
4: Progress in research has been delayed.
Reason
The spread of COVID-19 has resulted in data not being able to be collected, the cancellation of a planned panel session, and project members being unable to attend conferences. It has also meant that much time was needed to be spent dealing with COVID-19 related issues, so available time for research was limited.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Due to the delays caused by COVID-19, I would like to apply for a year's extension to the project so that the goals of the project (understanding cross-cultural linguistic behaviour and communicative problems/solutions in multicultural workplaces; providing research results and feedback to participating workplaces) can be achieved.
If an extension is received, the plans for the project will be as follows:
2021.4~2022.3 - Continue data collection/transcription and analysis of data; continue publishing/presenting results of the research at conferences; etc.
2022.4~2023.4 - Continue analysis of data/presentation of results of research at conferences; Feedback of results to participants; Development of resource to assist workplaces with cross-cultural communication issues
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to COVID-19, project members were unable to travel to conferences and data was unable to be collected as anticipated. As a result, some of the money allocated for 2020 was unable to be used. With an extension of 1 year, we hope to use the left-over money for conference travel and other expenses.
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[Book] Linguistic Tactics and Strategies of Marginalization in Japanese. (分担執筆：Andrew Barke and Momoyo Shimazu) When the model becomes the marginalized: Identity struggles of Japanese job-hunters.2021
Author(s)
Kroo, J., Barke, A., Shimazu, M., Sato, K., Nagashima, Y., Lawrence, L., Tsuchiya, K., Saito, J., Furukawa, G., Unser-Shultz, G., Yamashita, R.
Total Pages
238
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
3030678245
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