2021 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, 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 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | multicultural workplaces / communication problems / communication strategies / workplace interaction / Japanese & non-Japanese |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Planned research activities for year 3 (2021.4~2022.3) of the project included: (1) continue analysis of data; (2) presentation of results of research at national/international conferences; (3) feedback of results to participants; (4) development of resource to assist workplaces with cross-cultural communication issues. COVID-19 has meant many of the planned activities were unable to be completed. Therefore, a 1 year extension of the research period was successfully applied for.
Research achievements include: (1) analysis of the data is continuing; (2) 2 panel sessions were organized by project members and 8 refereed presentations were given at international conferences. In addition, 1 book and 2 book chapters based on the results of the research were published; (3) as analysis of the data is continuing feedback of results has not yet been given to participants; (4) work has begun on the development of resource to assist workplaces with cross-cultural communication issues.
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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 meant that the collection of data was more limited than anticipated and project members were unable to attend some conferences that had been planned.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In 2022, now that travel restrictions have eased a little, there are plans for more data to be collected and analysed, and work will continue on the resource to assist workplaces with cross-cultural communication issues.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The 2021 money that was unable to be used due to project members being unable to travel overseas to international conferences will be used in 2022 to purchase further recording/transcription equipment to assist with the analysis of the data. It will also be used for travel to conferences and/or for the collection of further data as the circumstances permit with relation to COVID-19.
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