Hitoshi Iwashita

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School: The Business School
Department: Management
Position: Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: hitoshi.iwashita@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4173-9341

Hitoshi previously taught Cardiff Business School, the UK, Globis Business School, Japan, British University Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnamese-German University, Vietnam.

  • PhD in Business and Management, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
  • International MBA, ie Business School, Madrid, Spain

  • Management

  • Organisational change and theory
  • Internationalisation
  • Time and temporality
  • Merger and acquisitions
  • International human resource management (IHRM)

  • 2023 May Forthcoming “Legitimacy versus efficiency: implementation of in-person work in Japanese companies during the COVID-19 pandemic” coauthored by Hara, Yoritoshi to Journal of Asian Business Studies. (ISI Scopus Q1; ABDC C; ABS 1)
  • 2022 May Published a paper “Globalization of A State Own Enterprise: An Evidence of Japan Tobacco Inc” to Business History, https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2022.2072487, (ISI Scopus Q1; ABDC A; ABS 4)
  • 2021 Dec Published a paper “The Future of Remote Work in Japan: Covid-19’s implications for International Human Resource Management” Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Vol 9 No 4 (2021): December 2021, https://doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2021.090401. (ISI/Scopus Q2)
  • 2021 Aug Published a paper “Language and Identity in the Shadow: A Multi-Case Study of a Japanese Multinational Corporation” to International Business Review, Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101913. (ISI/Scopus Q1; ABDC A; ABS 3)
  • 2021 Aug Published a paper “Multilingual Mediators in the Shadow: A Case Study of a Japanese Multinational Corporation”, International Journal of Human Resource Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2021.1965008. Online. (ISI/Scopus Q1; ABDC A; ABS 3)
  • 2019 Dec Published a journal paper “The Regional Nature Of Japanese Firms: Antecedents and Consequences” to Asia Pacific Business review (ISSN: 1360-2381) Volume 26, 2020 - Issue 3 Pages 265-285, https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2019.1703390 (ISI/Scopus Q2; ABDC B; ABS 2)
  • 2019 Dec Published a journal paper “Transferring Family Logic Within A Multinational Corporation: Japanese Subsidiaries In The US And Thailand” Cross Cultural and Strategic Management (ISSN: 2059-5794) Vol. 26 No. 4, p. 639-663, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-12-2018-0212 (ISI/Scopus Q1; ABDC B; ABS 2)
  • 2016 Nov Published a book titled “Japanese Management: International Perspectives”, Routledge: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315308272
  • Book Review Published by Tom Roehl (2018): International Journal of Cross Cultural Management: Volume: 18 issue: 1, page(s): 108-111 

  • Hitoshi had worked as management consultant for large Japanese corporations in terms of strategy, leadership, change management, and internationalsiation