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International Partnership of Japanese University: Reciprocity and Stratification of Study Abroad
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Maki Kato; Kazusa Ota – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2024
This study investigated international partnership held by Japanese universities focusing on their student exchange reciprocity shown in tuition fees and institutional stratification. Using data in academic year 2017, we found that there were 26,747 agreements in Japan as a whole, with Asia accounting for about half, followed by Europe and North…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Study Abroad, International Educational Exchange
Academic Entrepreneurship and Exchange of Scientific Resources: Material Transfer in Life and Materials Sciences in Japanese Universities
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Shibayama, Sotaro; Walsh, John P.; Baba, Yasunori – American Sociological Review, 2012
This study uses a sample of Japanese university scientists in life and materials sciences to examine how academic entrepreneurship has affected the norms and behaviors of academic scientists regarding sharing scientific resources. Results indicate that high levels of academic entrepreneurship in a scientific field are associated with less reliance…
Descriptors: Sciences, Entrepreneurship, Scientists, Norms
Authentic Learning: The Gift Project
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Bohemia, Erik; Davison, Gillian – Design and Technology Education, 2012
Higher Education is experiencing an increasingly diverse student population. Students bring a range of skills and experiences to their courses; they have different backgrounds and different needs. This fluidity requires an approach to teaching that encompasses the social aspects of learning. It has been suggested that authentic approaches to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Diversity, Criticism
An Empirical Examination of the Mechanisms Mediating between High-Performance Work Systems and the Performance of Japanese Organizations
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Takeuchi, Riki; Lepak, David P.; Wang, Heli; Takeuchi, Kazuo – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2007
The resource-based view of the firm and social exchange perspectives are invoked to hypothesize linkages among high-performance work systems, collective human capital, the degree of social exchange in an establishment, and establishment performance. The authors argue that high-performance work systems generate a high level of collective human…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Social Exchange Theory, Hypothesis Testing, Foreign Countries
Does Trust Beget Trustworthiness? Trust and Trustworthiness in Two Games and Two Cultures: A Research Note
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Kiyonari, Toko; Yamagishi, Toshio; Cook, Karen S.; Cheshire, Coye – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2006
An important unanswered question in the empirical literature on trust is whether trusting begets trustworthiness. In two experimental games, with Japanese and American participants, respectively, we compared trust and trustworthiness to provide an answer to this question. The trustee in the standard Trust Game knows that he or she is trusted,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Cultural Context, Experiments
How New Is the "New Employment Contract?" Evidence from North American Pay Practices.
Levine, David I.; Belman, Dale; Charness, Gary; Groshen, Erica L.; O'Shaughnessy, K. C. – 2002
Evidence from North American pay practices was used to examine the question of whether the "old employment contact," according to which employees promised to exchange hard work for job security, has truly been replaced by a "new employment contract" based more on market forces. The study analyzed data from the following…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contracts, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship