Komisarof, Adam

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Affiliation

Faculty of Letters （Hiyoshi）

Position

Professor
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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2000.04
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    2006.03

    Shobi University, Department of Policy Management, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

  • 2006.04
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    2016.03

    Reitaku University, Department of Economic Studies & Business Administration, Associate Professor, Professor

  • 2012.04
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    2013.03

    University of Oxford, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Visiting Academic

  • 2016.04
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    Present

    Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Professor

  • 2022.03
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    2023.03

    Oxford University, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), Visiting Academic

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1986.09
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    1990.05

    Brown University, Educational Studies

    United States, University, Graduated

  • 1996.04
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    1998.12

    Antioch University, Master's Program in Intercultural Relations

    United States, Graduate School, Graduated, Master's course

  • 1998.04
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    1999.03

    Keio University, Center for Japanese Studies Japanese Language Program (Advanced Program completed)

    University, Completed, Other

  • 2004.09
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    2008.03

    International Christian University, Department of Public Administration

    Graduate School, Graduated, Doctoral course

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Bachelor's Degree in Educational Studies, Brown University, 1990.05

  • Master's Degree in Intercultural Relations, Antioch University, 1998.12

  • PhD in Public Administration, International Christian University, Dissertation, 2008.03

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Licenses and Qualifications 【 Display / hide 】

  • Washington State Japanese Teaching License, 1995.09

  • Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1, 2003.12

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Social psychology

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • Acculturation

  • Intercultural Communication

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Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

  • Intercultural Communication, 

    1999.01
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    Present

  • Acculturation, 

    1999.01
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    Present

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

  • Weaving intercultural work, life, and scholarship in globalizing universities

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Routledge, 2016

    Scope: Sole author pages 23-38, and co-author with Zhu Hua pages 1-20 and 174-199

  • At home abroad: The contemporary Western experience in Japan

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Reitaku University Press, 2012

  • On the front lines of forging a global society: Japanese and American coworkers in Japan

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Reitaku University Press, 2011

  • Communication Success

    KOMISAROF M Adam, Nan’Un Do, 2004

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

  • Context Matters: High-Low Context Orientation as Expressed in Japanese and American Business Communication

    Adaｍ Komisarof

    No Business Without Communication: How Communication Can Shed Additional Light on Specific Business Contexts （Peter Lang)   2023.12

    Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author, Accepted

  • Constructions of Japanese National Identity: Host Views Using a Social Markers of Acceptance Framework

    Adaｍ Komisarof, Chan-Hoong Leong, & Travis Lim

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations （Elsevier)  2023 （ May ）  2023.05

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

  • The Exigent Case for Belonging: Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Actualization

    Adam Komisarof

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations （Elsevier)  83   A1 - A10 2021.07

    Research paper (scientific journal), Accepted

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  • Re-Examining Intercultural Research and Relations in the COVID Pandemic

    Steve J. Kulich, Adam Komisarof, L. Ripley Smith, & Ken Cushner

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations （Elsevier)  80 （ January, 2021 ）  2021.01

    Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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  • A new framework of workplace belonging: Instrument validation and testing relationships to crucial acculturation outcomes

    Komisarof A.

    Journal of International and Intercultural Communication （Journal of International and Intercultural Communication)   2021

    ISSN  17513057

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    Contemporary global migrant flows challenge national ingroup boundaries, leading to demands for greater inclusivity of those migrants in receiving societies worldwide. Utilizing the specific case of Japanese and foreigners in Japan, this study aimed to validate Komisarof's framework of workplace belonging. The framework refines understanding of how perceptions of belonging–particularly the degrees to which people see themselves accepted as members of another group’s cultural-linguistic community and as core members of their shared work organization–impact quality and effectiveness of intercultural work relations for both migrants and members of the host society. Instruments measuring both dimensions of belonging were validated first through a review of potential items by a panel of experts, followed by an exploratory factor analysis of retained items with a sample of 228 respondents (116 Japanese and 112 non-Japanese representing 24 nationalities). Relationships between four permutations of belonging, termed ontological interpretive spaces (“OIS”), and four outcome variables (job effectiveness, flourishing, organizational commitment, and intercultural competence) were hypothesized and tested. Significant effects of OIS were found for job effectiveness, flourishing, and organizational commitment, providing evidence of belonging’s effects on these crucial acculturation outcomes in intercultural work contexts.

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Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • The exigent case for belonging: Conceptualization, operationalization, and actualization

    Komisarof A.

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (International Journal of Intercultural Relations)  83   A1 - A10 2021.07

    ISSN  01471767

  • Re-examining intercultural research and relations in the COVID pandemic

    Kulich S.J., Komisarof A., Smith L.R., Cushner K.

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (International Journal of Intercultural Relations)  80   A1 - A6 2021.01

    ISSN  01471767

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    The authors provide an urgent call for cross- and intercultural scholars to re-examine many of the related themes and classic or contemporary study areas of “intercultural communication” and “intercultural relations” in light of the impacts that the novel coronal (COVID-19) pandemic is having on human interaction both across and within our social-cultural contexts. As scholars focusing on intercultural communications/relations, education, management, psychology, and social issues, the global COVID-19 pandemic has revealed a range of intercultural problems or issues that need to be researched to better understand related aspects of human suffering, social disruption, and economic inequalities. New research projects/papers need to address how these impact key intercultural theme/topic areas like cultural attributions/expectations, values/beliefs, identities, perceptions/stereotypes/prejudice, language/speech codes, cultural systems/patterns, acculturation/adaptation, intercultural effectiveness/sensitivity/competence, and conflict (Kulich et al., 2020, Table 3.7). Some research areas and applications potentially affected by COVID are highlighted, including our sense of national/international identity and cooperation, our mediated or actual social networks, our ways of framing or carrying out intercultural or cross-cultural cooperation, new issues emerging in inter-group contact, how we apply cross-cultural taxonomies or dimensions to analyze data, and how these ultimately affect our relationships with each other across all levels of culture (from dyads, to groups, sub- or co-cultures) or express and affirm interculturality at such times. Each area is highlighted by calls for specific types of intercultural research to address these challenges and opportunities.

  • Viewing intercultural adaptation and social inclusion through constructs of national identity: An introduction

    Komisarof A., Leong C.H.

    International Journal of Intercultural Relations (International Journal of Intercultural Relations)  78   1 - 9 2020.09

    ISSN  01471767

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

  • The Role of Acculturation Pressures on Migrants’ Subjective Well-Being: Findings from Japan

    Adam Komisarof

    Migration Oxford and COMPAS (Centre on Migration: Policy & Society) Lecture Series (Oxford, United Kingdom) , 

    2024.02
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    Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech, Migration Oxford and COMPAS (Centre on Migration: Policy & Society), University of Oxford

  • Attitudes to Migration and Patterns of Discrimination: Findings from Japan

    Adam Komisarof

    Migration Oxford and COMPAS (Centre on Migration: Policy & Society) Lecture Series (Oxford, United Kingdom) , 

    2024.02
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    Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech, Migration Oxford and COMPAS (Centre on Migration: Policy & Society), University of Oxford

  • Social Markers of Acceptance Towards Immigrants: Towards More Inclusive Societies

    Adam Komisarof

    Keio University "Kenkyu no Genba" Lecture Series (Online) , 

    2023.12
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    Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech, Keio Research Center for the Liberal Arts

  • The Impact of "Trying to Belong" on Migrant Mental Health in Japan: Social Markers of Acceptance

    Adam Komisarof

    SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research) Japan Annual Conference (National Olympic Center, Tokyo) , 

    2023.11
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    Oral presentation (general), SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research) Japan

  • Who Is One of "Us"? Social Markers of Acceptance and Promoting Belonging in Interpersonal Relationships and Societies

    Adam Komisarof

    Doshisha University, Institute for the Liberal Arts Invited Lecture (Kyoto) , 

    2023.10
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    Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech, Doshisha University, Institute for the Liberal Arts

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • Building a Society More Inclusive of Migrants Through University Education

    2020.04
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    2023.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Kakenhi, Adam Komisarof, No Setting

  • Study Abroad Students' Identification Practices, Motivations, and Learning Evaluations: Examining Heterogeneity and Fluidity

    2017.04
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    2020.03

    Japanese Government, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Professor Gregory Poole, Doshisha University, Research grant, No Setting

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    I am serving as a member of the research team executing this project, or in Japanese, as a 連携研究者.

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

  • Astor Visiting Lectureship, University of Oxford

    2023.12, University of Oxford, Astor Visiting Lectureship

    Type of Award： Other

  • Reitaku University Excellence in Teaching Award (co-recipient)

    2015.09, Reitaku University

  • Reitaku University Excellence in Research Award

    2012.09, Reitaku University

    Type of Award： Other

  • Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship

    1998.04, Rotary Foundation

    Type of Award： Award from publisher, newspaper, foundation, etc.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • LITERATURE 2

    2024

  • LITERATURE 1

    2024

  • INTERMEDIATE HIGH ENGLISH 4

    2024

  • INTERMEDIATE HIGH ENGLISH 3

    2024

  • ADVANCED ENGLISH(2)

    2024

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • Intensive English

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year, Within own ｆaculty

  • Advanced High English

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year

  • Advanced English

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year, Within own ｆaculty

  • Academic Skills

    Keio University

    2016.04
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    2017.03
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    Full academic year

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • SIETAR Japan

    　

  • International Academy for Intercultural Research

    　

  • International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology

    　
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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2008.09
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    Present

    Past President (2023-present), President (2021-2023), President-Elect (2019-2021), Fellow & Board member (2013-present), Outstanding Book Award Committee (2013-15), Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee (2015-17), Scientific Committee (2016-present), Fellows Day Organizer (2017, 2019, 2022, 2023), International Academy for Intercultural Research

  • 1998.09
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    2009.03

    Member of Board of Directors (July, 2002-July, 2004), Assistant Editor, Journal of International Education (July, 2002-July, 2004), Editorial Board for Journal of International Education (July, 2000-June, 2002), Japanese International Education Society

  • 1998.04
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    Present

    SIETAR Japan Journal Committee, assistant editor for Journal of Intercultural Communication (2014-2016), SIETAR Japan Conference Steering Committee (for conferences held in 2006 & 2009), SIETAR Japan (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research)

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