Faculty

Kuniko Ishiguro

Department of Business Economics

Professor

Email: kishigu@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: October 26, 2023 5:07 pm

⬛ Education

2008 Ph.D. - East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield
2003 M.Sc. - East Asian Business, University of Sheffield
1986 B.A. - French Language and Literature, Gakushuin University

⬛ Teaching and Research Interests

Gender in Business, Strategic Human Resource Management, Career Development, East Asian Political Economy and Management , Gender and work in film

⬛ Academic Appointments

2021- Professor, Tokyo International University
2017 - Adjunct Lecturer, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2015 - Associate Professor, Tokyo International University
2015 - Adjunct Lecturer, Bunkyo Gakuin University
2014 - 2015 Associate Professor Bunkyo Gakuin University
2012 - 2014 Assistant Professor, Bunkyo Gakuin University
2010 - 2015 Adjunct Lecturer, Musashi University
2009 - 2012 Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo
1998 - 2001 Human Resource Manager, Nike Japan Corp.
1992 - 1998 Human Resource Supervisor, Toys"R"Us-Japan, Ltd.
1986 - 1990 Brand Coordinator, Onward Kashiyama Co., Ltd.

⬛ Fellowships & Grants

2010 - JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research: 19K12611๏ผˆ2019-๏ผ‰; 16K02045๏ผˆ2017-2020๏ผ‰; 25360046๏ผˆ2014-2016๏ผ‰; 22510283๏ผˆ2010-2013๏ผ‰
2008 John Crump Research Fund, British Association for Japanese Studies
2004 Japan Foundation Endowment Committee Research Fund

⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers

โ€˜Nihon no Jendฤ Byลdล ni Mukete: Dฤ“ta iara Yomitoku Genkyล to Torikumi (Towards Gender Equality: Data Analysis of the Current Situation and Efforts in Japan)โ€™, Research Paper W-80, Institute for Business Research, Daito Bunka University (2023).
โ€˜Uruguai ni Okeru Bunkateki Eizลryoku no Gurลbaruteki Kachi to Ibunka Rikai (Global Value and Cross-cultural Understanding of Cultural Visual Power in Uruguay), The Journal of Research Institute of Bunkyo Gakuin University, No. 23 pp. 39-68, (Kuwako, J, Kurashima, M. and Ishiguro, K., 2023).
โ€˜Gender Equality in the Japanese Workplace: Development over the 35 years since the Enforcement of the EEOLโ€™, Journal of Bunkyo Gakuin University Department of Foreign Languagesใ€No. 21, pp. 1-18 (2022).
โ€˜Uruguai ni okeru Bunkateki Eizลryoku no Gurลbaruteki Kachi to Sono Igi: Genchi Chลsa (The Global Value and Significance of Cultural Visual Power in Uruguay: Field Research)โ€™, The Journal of Research Insitutite of Bunkyo Gakuin University, No. 22 pp. 33- 52, (Kuwako, J, Kurashima, M. and Ishiguro, K. 2022).
โ€˜Gender (in) equality in business and countries' welfare systems - discussion from a comparative research on women's career development between Sweden and Japanโ€™, Journal of Bunkyo Gakuin University Department of Foreign Languagesใ€No. 20, pp. 17-32 (2021).
โ€˜Uruguai โ€œUisukฤซ (2004), Chiri โ€œNatyuraru ลชman (2017) ni Daihyลsareru Bunkateki Eizล (Cultural Visual in โ€œWhisky (Uruguay, 2004)โ€ and โ€œNatural Woman, Chile, 2017)โ€™, The Journal of Research Insitutite of Bunkyo Gakuin University, No. 21 pp. 49-66, (Kuwako, J, Kurashima, M. and Ishiguro, K. 2021).
โ€˜Josei Kanrishoku no Shigoto to Kyaria: Denmฤku Chosa karano Kลsatsu (Work and Career Development of Women Managers in Denmark)โ€™, Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, No. 703, pp. 32-49. (2017)
โ€˜Kaigai Shinshutsu Kigyล no Jinteki Shigen Kanri: YKK no Jirei kara (Human Resource Management of Japanese Enterprises Overseas: A Case Study of YKK Turkey)โ€™, pp. 141-166 in Sekine, K., Yildirim, Y. E., & Kawabe, N. (Eds.), Toruko to Nihon no Keizai Kankei: Kokusai Kyลdล Kenkyลซ (The Economic and Business Relations between Turkey and Japan: International Joint Research). Tokyo: General Research Institute, Bunkyo Gakuin University. (2016)
โ€˜Shimbunsha ni okeru Kyaria Keisei: Asahi Shimbunsha, Mainichi Shimbunsha no Shลshinsha Kyaria no Tenkai ni kansuru Dฤ“ta karano Kลsatsu (Career formation in the newspaper industry: Cases of employees' career promotions at Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun)โ€™. Journal of Japan Society of Directories, 12, pp. 32-42. (Ishiguro, K. and Cho, H., 2014)
โ€˜Popular Culture and Workplace Gendering among Variety of Capitalism: Working women and their Representation in Japanese Mangaโ€™, Gender, Work and Organization, Vol.21, pp. 472-489. (Matanle, P., Ishiguro, K. and McCann, L., 2014)
โ€˜Japanese Employment in Transformation: The Growing Number of Non-regular Workersโ€™, pp. 179-213 in Iles, T. and Matanle, P. (eds.), Researching Twenty-First Century Japan: New Directions and Approaches for the Electronic Age. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. (2012)
โ€˜Changes in Japanese Companiesโ€™ Personnel Management Practices relating to Female Employees: From the Early 1980s to the Early 2000s.โ€™ pp. 129-163 in Horn, S. (Ed.), Emerging Perspectives in Japanese Human Resource Management. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. (2011)

⬛ Institute for International Strategy

https://www.tiu.ac.jp/iis/members/ishiguro.html

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