Paper short abstract:

This presentation analyzes international bridge engineers' transnational movement, work, and communication skills based on the presenter's dissertation research that analyses Indian information technology engineers' work and life in Japan.

Paper long abstract:

With the globalization of the economy and the expansion of Japanese companies overseas, training ブリッジ人材 (bridge resources) who can connect organizations across national borders and adjust for organizational, linguistic, and cultural differences has become a pressing issue for international businesses.

This presentation analyzes international bridge engineers' transnational movement, work, and communication skills based on the presenter's dissertation research that analyses Indian information technology engineers' work and life in Japan.

The presenter will illuminate bridge engineers' potential in both the workplace and the local community as agents of building a multicultural society, as well as their relevance to pluri-lingual and pluri-cultural education in Japan and in Europe.

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Murata, A. (2020) Gaikokujin roodoosha no junkanroodoo to bunka no chuukai: bridge jinzai to tabunka kyoosei. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten.

Tsukasaki, Y.（2013）Global jinzai no tayoosei: kuni o towazu hataraku jinzai to nikokukan o tsunagu jinzai o chuushin ni, Journal of Japan Society of Human Resource Management, 14, 2, 27-51．