1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study of Different Interpersonal Communication Skills Among Japanese, Filipinos, and Malaysians
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08041070
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Field Research |
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| Research Field |
社会学(含社会福祉関係)
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| Research Institution | University of Shizuoka |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIDA Hiroko University of Shizuoka, School of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (00218166)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NISHIDA tsnkasa Nihon University, School of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (80139089)
TAMAKI Yasuaki University of Shizuoka, School of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (90192640)
TOMISAWA Hisao University of Shizuoka, School of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (70180164)
NEBASHI reiko Rikkyo University, Language Center, Adgunct Lecturer, ランゲージセンター, 嘱託講師 (70298074)
SMITH Wendy, A. Department. Of Japanese studies, Monash University, Senior Lecturer, of Japanese studies Monash University, Senior Lecturer
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1998
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| Keywords | intercultural communication / intercultural communication difficulties / Malavsian behavioral rules at work / Filipino behavioral rules at work / Japanese behavioral rules at work / schema theoy / cuitural schema analysis / Japanese managers leadership styles |
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| Research Abstract |
In the questionnaire survey on intercultural communication at Japanese subsidiaries in Malaysia, 637 subjects in 26 companies ( 153 Japanese and 484 Malaysians) participated. In the same study in the Philippines, 524 subjects in 18 companies (76 Japanese and 448 Filipinos) filled out questionnaires. Besides the questionnaire survey, we interviewed Japanese and local employees in order to find out in which situations they had intercultural communication difficulties when working together, In Malaysia 22 Japanese and 48 Malaysians working for 15 different Japanese companies and in the Philippines 20 Japanese and 42 Filipinos working for 14 Japanese companies participated in the interview study.
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