A Study on Constructive career development of Japanese local employee and Human resource employment strategies of Japanese overseas subsidiaries in Asia

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01925
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
• Research Institution: Sagami Women's University
• Principal Investigator: KOIZUMI KYOMI 相模女子大学, 学芸学部, 教授 (70582120)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 杉山 章 東京福祉大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (10906887)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: グローバル人材 / 海外現地採用 / SIEs / Boundary spanners / 女性活躍 / 日系企業 / ワークパーミッション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The survey in Thailand and Singapore on locally hired Japanese SIEs and the Japanese companies that hosted them revealed that Japanese locally hired workers overseas were categorized into three groups according to their work attitudes: 'ELA=Enjoy Life Abroad', 'MSS=MySelf Shine', and 'UWS=Upward Success'. The work permission system affected the ratio of these attributes. Companies that were reluctant to hire locally expected Japanese local hires to be low-level boundary spanners, while companies that were willing to hire locally respected the potential of Japanese local hires and gave them opportunities to work and expected them to be high-level boundary spanners. This study suggests the possibility of a human resource employment strategy that encourages the active participation of Japanese local hires by aligning their work ethic.

Free Research Field

経営学、人的資源管理

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は海外の現地採用日本人と受け入れる日系企業の双方の雇用意識のギャップを調査し、海外就労のあり方を探ることを研究目的とし、経済発展状況とワークパーミッションが異なる２つの国としてタイおよびシンガポールを選び、特徴を踏まえた比較調査は日本人の海外勤務や企業の人材戦略に資する研究として社会的な意義がある。高度経済成長以降、日本企業は海外進出を行い国際的な成果を上げてきたが、個々の日本人がグローバルに様々な地域で活躍できる人材、いわゆる‘グローバル人材’に成り得ているのか、という問題は改善されていない。既に海外で活躍している現地採用邦人の特徴を捉える事は解決の視点を得る事につながる。