Research fields:
Organizational Communication studies, Organizational Behavior
Research themes:
Relationship between organizational communication and organizational behavior
【Keywords】
Communication, Organizational communication audit（communication audit）, leadership skill, motivation, organizational commitment, organizational justice, work team, mental health (burnout), organizational misconduct/accident, organizational management
Main books and papers:
◆“Soshikinai no kankei no kochiku/iji to komyunikeshon – Bijinesu komyunikeshon to rida – menba kankei –” (Building and maintaining relationships and communication within organizations – Business communication and leader – member relations –) (Chapter 4), “Bijinesu komyunikeshon to baria – Soshikinai bijinesu komyunikeshon no sogai yoin –” (Business communications and barriers – Factors hindering communication within organizations) (Chapter 5), Bijinesu Komyunikeshon Nyumon – Kihon Riron to Jissen e no Katsuyo –(Introduction to Business Communication – Basic Theories and Practical Applications –) (Edited by the Japan Business Communication Association), Soseisha, 2025
◆“Mediating effects of upward communications on the relationship between team autonomy and burnout: A study of employees at care facilities in Japan.” International Journal of Business Communication. 62(1), 4-21, 2024. First published in 2019 online
https://doi.org/10.1177/2329488419829811.
◆“A cross-cultural comparison for factor structure of communication-audit question items: simultaneous factor analysis for Japanese and English-speaking workers in Japan.” Japan Business Communication Association Kenkyunenpo, vol.80, pp. 19-27, 2021
◆“Causal relationships between perceived quality of care and information sharing among workers in care facilities for the elderly.” Japanese Journal of Communication Studies, Vol. 46 No. 2, pp. 131-150, 2018
◆“Komyunikeshon: Shitsu no takai iryo jissen no tame no komyunikeshon” (Communication: Communication for high-quality medical practice). I to Chi no Kokai (A Voyage through Medicine and Knowledge) (Supervised by Ryozo Nagai; Edited by General Education Department, Jichi Medical University), pp. 141-166, Nishimura Co., Ltd., 2016
◆Bijinesu Shinri Kentei Shiken Koshiki Tekisuto <2> Manejimento Shinri Hen (Business Psychology Certification Exam Official Textbook <2> Management Psychology) (Supervised by Ikushi Yamaguchi and Eiichi Takumi; Edited by Business Psychological Association of Japan) Chuokeizai-sha, 2013