Cross-cultural adaptation of highly skilled international talents to Japanese workplaces

Japanese companies are actively hiring highly skilled international talents, making their cross-cultural adaptation a critical issue. This study found that highly skilled international talents adapted to their workplace through proactive behaviors such as “learning behaviors” and “relationship-build...

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Main Author: Shinichiro Takaoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Business Research Center 2025-02-01
Series:Annals of Business Administrative Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/abas/24/1/24_0250113a/_pdf/-char/en
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description Japanese companies are actively hiring highly skilled international talents, making their cross-cultural adaptation a critical issue. This study found that highly skilled international talents adapted to their workplace through proactive behaviors such as “learning behaviors” and “relationship-building behaviors.” Furthermore, many talents could be classified under the “integration” category of acculturation. While this finding may indicate that highly skilled international talents are adapting smoothly to Japanese workplaces, it also implies assimilation into Japanese culture. This assimilation may raise concerns for employers as it does not align with their original goal of leveraging diverse talents from overseas.
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title Cross-cultural adaptation of highly skilled international talents to Japanese workplaces
title_full Cross-cultural adaptation of highly skilled international talents to Japanese workplaces
title_fullStr Cross-cultural adaptation of highly skilled international talents to Japanese workplaces
title_full_unstemmed Cross-cultural adaptation of highly skilled international talents to Japanese workplaces
title_short Cross-cultural adaptation of highly skilled international talents to Japanese workplaces
title_sort cross cultural adaptation of highly skilled international talents to japanese workplaces
topic highly skilled international talents
cross-cultural adaptation
proactive behavior
acculturation
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