A mixed-method examination of the impact of gender and cultural diversity on Japanese organizational practices and strategies

2019 年度 実施状況報告書

• 研究課題/領域番号: 15K03598
• 研究機関: 早稲田大学
• 研究代表者: EDMAN Jesper 早稲田大学, 商学学術院, 准教授 (20615976)
• 研究期間 (年度): 2015-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• キーワード: Diversity / Women managers / Foreign employees / Japanese companies / HR strategies

研究実績の概要

1. Presented "EU-Japan Comparative Report on the Economic Empowerment of Women" at EU Delegation High Level Conference, Dec, 2016.
2. Presented paper "Employing Women Managers:Implications for Japanese Corporate Routines and Practices" at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (Kyoto, June, 2018)
3. Presented the paper "Paving with the Best Intentions: Institutional Work and the Inadvertent Maintenance of Japan's Gender Roles" at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (Kyoto, June, 2018) and the European Group of Organization Studies (July, 2018).
4. Presented paper "Becoming Agents of Globalization: How Foreign Employees Construct Roles at MNE Headquarters" to CBS Dept. of Econ. Business & Gov't (Online, May, 2020).
5. A theoretical paper describing how companies resist the imposition of diversity policies is currently in the second round of revisions at the journal Organization Theory.
6. A theoretical paper on the effect of nationalism on the adoption of global practices (including diversity) is currently being developed in collaboration with researchers from the US and Singapore, to be submitted to the Academy of Management Review by June 30.

現在までの達成度 (区分)

3: やや遅れている

理由

The corona virus situation has delayed the research in several ways:
1. Visit to companies to finalize case studies and conduct the final interviews have been cancelled indefinitely.
2. Focus groups involving foreign employees and women managers have also been cancelled indefinitely.
3. Access to a data set has been delayed due to the difficulty of getting the necessary documents.

今後の研究の推進方策

1. The paper entitled "Becoming Agents of Globalization" is currently being revised and will be submitted to the Journal of International Business Studies in September.
2. The paper entitled "Employing Japanese Women Managers" is currently being revised and will be submitted to international academic conferences in December.
3. A comparative case study of diversity policies at foreign and Japanese companies is currently under development and will be submitted to an international conference in December.
4. Quantitative data is still undergoing analysis.

次年度使用額が生じた理由

I have applied for access to a unique dataset on HR strategies from RIETI. This dataset requires the use of a dedicated Windows computer, but I currently only have Mac. Once I receive the RIETI dataset I will use the money to purchase a Windows laptop for the analysis.

研究成果

• [国際共同研究] University of Lugano(スイス)
  • 国名: スイス
  • 外国機関名: University of Lugano
• [国際共同研究] Singapore Management University(シンガポール)
  • 国名: シンガポール
  • 外国機関名: Singapore Management University
• [国際共同研究] Northeastern University/University of Texas at Dallas(米国)
  • 国名: 米国
  • 外国機関名: Northeastern University/University of Texas at Dallas
• [学会発表] Becoming Agents of Globalization: How Foreign Employees Construct Their Roles at MNE Headquarters (2020)
  • 著者名/発表者名: Jesper Edman
  • 学会等名: CBS Department of Economics, Business and Government
  • 招待講演