Normative and systems integration in human resource management in Japanese multinational companies

Masayuki Furusawa (PhD, University of Hyogo) is a Professor of IHRM at Osaka University of Commerce in Japan and an Associate Member of the John H. Dunning Research Centre for International Business at Henley Business School, University of Reading. He is a member of the board of directors at the Academy of Multinational Enterprises, the Transcultural Management Society and the Japan Academy of International Business Studies. He has conducted extensive research in the field of IHRM and is engaged in numerous training projects for HR specialists. He has published more than 50 books and articles and was awarded five academic prizes for his publications.

Chris Brewster (PhD, LSE) is a Professor of IHRM at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and also at Vaasa University, Finland, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal. He has conducted extensive research in the field of international and comparative HRM and published over 25 books and more than 200 articles.

Toshinori Takashina is an Associate Professor of HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Himeji Dokkyo University and a Visiting Researcher of Institute for Policy Analysis and Social Innovation at University of Hyogo in Japan. He has published many articles about elder-worker management, caregivers’ retention management and career decision-making of university students.