Structural and Institutional Aspects Surrounding Japanese Self-Initiated Expatriates’ Career Opportunities in East and Southeast Asian Societies

Ishida, Kenji; Arita, Shin; Genji, Keiko; Kagawa, Mei

doi:10.15838/esc.2019.5.65.12

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“…In addition, it is important to understand that Japanese SIEs in developing Asian countries can be considered as elites (Ishida et al. 2019) and with elites international business scholars recognize that the interview pool becomes smaller and even more valuable (Moore and Stokes 2012; Welch et al. 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Commensurate with the inductive, interpretivist approach of the study, convenience sampling was used (Stokes and Wall 2014) to access such additional SIE informants for triangulation through industry contacts of the author. In addition, it is important to understand that Japanese SIEs in developing Asian countries can be considered as elites (Ishida et al 2019) and with elites international business scholars recognize that the interview pool becomes smaller and even more valuable (Moore and Stokes 2012;Welch et al 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Japanese self‐initiated expatriates' adjustment to Indian assignments: the role of traditional values

Ashta

Stokes

2022

Asia Pac J Human Res

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The purpose of the study was to enhance understanding of how self‐initiated expatriates (SIE) adjust to new cultural contexts in the under‐explored Indo‐Japanese inter‐Asian context. A literature review identified that Asian focal case studies are under‐developed, especially regarding the important interactions between major advanced Asian economy and emerging Asian economy settings. Therefore, the study developed an illustrative case of advanced economy Japanese SIE managers’ lived experience in Indian emerging economy cross‐cultural management situations. Deploying a social constructivist epistemology using interpretive analysis, the current study found clear evidence of an interplay of hitherto under‐recognized common Indo‐Japanese spiritual values with roots in Buddhism surfacing in the Japanese SIE's adjustment. The paper offers important insights to complement extant theory on the individual‐level factors influencing SIE adjustment in an inter‐Asian context. The study contributes to international human resource management literature by surfacing contextualized understanding of the role of traditional spiritual values in SIE adjustment.

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confidence: 99%