Japanese women managers' communication styles
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15K04373
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology of education
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| Research Institution | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUEDA Kiyoko 青山学院大学, 国際政治経済学部, 教授 (70244829)
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| Research Collaborator |
INOUE Misa
HIRAYAMA Shuhei
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
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| Keywords | 女性管理職者 / コミュニケーション・スタイル / 半構造化面接 / 構成主義版グラウンデッド・セオリー / トライアンギュレーション / TEA / トライアンギュレ―ション / 混合研究法 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study reports the results of a study on Japanese women managers' communication styles. It enumerates the results of semi-structured interviews with twenty-seven participants comprising women managers and their male and female employees in both Japanese and international companies in various industries. The data were mainly analyzed using a constructivist version of the Grounded Theory Approach, but a text mining method and TEA (Trajectory Equifinality Approach) were also applied. The findings indicate Japanese women managers go beyond the traditional dichotomies drawn between task- and relationship-oriented communication to engage in employee-oriented communication by facilitating an open and friendly work environment to achieve their professional goals. They are often encouraged to communicate in such a style because it reflects the stereotypical female role in Japanese society and as such, is well received by their colleagues.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の意義は、既存の「男性はタスク志向で女性は関係性志向のコミュニケーションをとる」という二項分立的な知見を超えた結果が得られたことである。つまり、職務上の目標達成の為に、女性管理職者たちは、開放的で親しみやすい職場環境づくりを目指し、様々なチャンネルを駆使して部下をサポートし、コミュニケーションを行っている。これをemployee-oriented communication styleと名付けた。この特徴は、人は社会の役割期待に合致した行動をとるとき評価され、合致しない行動をとるとき、批判の的になるというrole congruity theory （役割適合性理論） と結びついている。
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