AY2022 Center for Inclusive Leadership（CIL）
Research Project Grant
研究代表者

所属・職位

APM

氏名

Research
Representative

Affiliation/Position

研究課題名
Research Title

Factors contributing to the social inclusion of foreign employees into the workplace:
The case of the hotel industry in Japan

研究メンバー
Research Group
Members

Name

Hiroaki Saito

氏名

所属職位

Name

Affiliation

Position

Kate Inyoung Yoo

Kansai Gaidai University

Associate Professor

Sho Kashiwagi

Kanagawa University

Assistant Professor

Tom Baum

University of Strathclyde

Professor

2022 年度 研究成果（研究経過・到達点を明確にご記入ください。800～1,000 字）AY2022 Research Results (Please state clearly the research progress, results, approx. 400 words.)
During the Academic Year 2022 (AY2022), our team engaged in various activities as part of our CIL project.
This report provides a detailed description of our activities thus far.
It should be noted that the project is still ongoing at the time of submitting this report. Although the official
project period has been completed, our team will continue working towards publishing journal articles anddisseminating the results at domestic and international conferences in AY2023 onwards.
Firstly, we presented our project ideas and progress as working papers at one international and one domesticconference. In May, our principal investigator, Dr Hiroaki Saito, and collaborator, Dr Sho Kashiwagi, delivered
an oral presentation at the 20th APacCHRIE Conference hosted by Sunway University in Malaysia. The
progress of our project with preliminary findings from our data analysis was also presented at the 20th Asia
Pacific Conference hosted by Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan in December.
Secondly, we made a significant change to our project plan in AY2022, particularly with regards to the datacollection and analysis methods. Initially, our plan was to conduct both quantitative and qualitative studies toaddress research issues related to foreign workers' perceived social exclusion in the hospitality industrycontext. However, due to difficulties in collecting sufficient data from foreign hospitality employees in Japan,
we shifted our approach to focus on a qualitative study alone.
Thirdly, we conducted data collection through in-depth semi-structured interviews. Our team developed aninstrument, interview protocol, and informed consent form before starting data collection in November.
With the support of a research assistant, we conducted 26 in-depth interviews with foreign employees (bothfull-time and part-time) currently working in the hospitality industry in Japan. Due to the COVID-19
pandemic, all interviews were conducted online via Zoom. With the participants' consent, all interviews werevideo-recorded to allow for effective data analysis and sharing of information among project members.
Fourthly, our team conducted two in-person meetings to discuss our project plan. In December, during the20th Asia Pacific Conference, Dr Sho Kashiwagi visited Dr Hiroaki Saito to discuss the data collection andanalysis plan. In January, Dr Hiroaki Saito met Dr Kate Yoo and Dr Tom Baum at Kansai Gaidai University todiscuss the paper writing plan. While our team conducted several online meetings throughout the year,
these face-to-face meetings provided valuable opportunities to clarify and strengthen our ideas towards
completing the project.
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Finally, our team is currently organising the data collected from the interviews. We will transcribe therecorded videos verbatim and analyse the data. After the analysis, we plan to write a manuscript and submit
our study to an international journal by the end of December 2023.

2022 年度中の研究発表（予定を含めてご記入ください）
Research Publications in AY2022 (journal articles, conferences, etc.) (Please include future plans as well)
発表方法
詳細
Publication
Methods

Details
著書・論文名等
Title of Books or Articles

出版社／掲載誌・巻号等

刊行年月日

Name of Publisher /Name and Volume of Journal

Date ofPublication

N/A
著書・論文等
Books or Articles

タイトル
Title
学会等
Presentation at anAcademicConference

The role of ethical leadership in
mitigating migrant workers’
perceived social exclusion andpromoting their well-being: Thecase of the hotel industry in JapanThe role of ethical leadership inmitigating migrant workers’
perceived social exclusion andpromoting their well-being: The
Case of the hotel industry in Japan

学会名
Name of an Academic Conference

発表年月日
Date ofPresentation

20th APacCHRIE Conference, Malaysia

May 25, 2022

20th Asia Pacific conference, Japan

December 3,
2022

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その他
Others

N/A2022 年度 開催イベント（予定を含めてご記入ください）
Events in AY2022(Please include future plans as well)

イベントタイトル

イベント詳細開催年月日

Title of Events

Event Description

Date of Event

N/Aイベント
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