表題番号：2015K-303
日付：2016/04/08
研究課題Beyond Multiculturalism: Organizational Logics and Cultural Practices at Japanese Workplaces
| 研究者所属（当時） | 資格 | 氏名 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| （代表者） | 国際学術院 大学院アジア太平洋研究科 | 教授 | ファーラー グラシア |
| （連携研究者） | Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University | PhD student/Research Assistant | Helena Hof |
- 研究成果概要
- This project focuses on foreigners' as well as Japanese employees' experiences working in Japanese firms that attempt to globalise their businesses as well as their workforce. In collecting the narratives of their work experiences, the study aims to understand the nature of the difficulties corporate Japan has had in attracting and retaining foreign talents. Based on our interviews with close to 20 foreign employees who have been working in Japanese firms and several Japanese employees and managerial personnels this year, this study finds that the apparent difficulty for foreigners to adapt to Japanese organisations, aside from work style and office culture, seems to have to do with the different meanings foreign employees and Japanese employees attach to work and career as well as the uncertainties Japanese firms treat foreign employees. What Japanese employees view as the instrumental and intrinsic values of work are related to a commitment to the firm which are more consistent with the firm's organisational logic. On the other hand, both Japanese firms and foreign employees have a more ambivalent understanding of the nature of their employment. This sometimes leads to frustrations and high turnovers.A theoretical framework of this study is presented at AAS-in-Asia Conference in June, 2015.