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Department of International Economics, Government and Business
I conduct research on bicultural talent management. In particular, I am interested in whether and how Japanese and Danish multinational companies perceive of, access and use bicultural talent in their day-to-day activities. The overall aim of my dissertation is to contribute to international business research on bicultural individuals in organizations by refining our understanding of how to better leverage bicultural skillsets of the global talent pool. I do this by teasing out the relationship between biculturalism and bilingualism, and focus on the implication of these two skillsets for the efficiency of knowledge sharing practices within and between multinational companies.
April-September 2019 Visiting Scholar at Keio University, Graduate School of Business Administration (KBS)
March-August 2021 Visiting scholar at Hitotsubashi University, Institute for Innovation Research, Tokyo, Japan
April-August 2022 Visiting researcher at Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
May-August 2023 Visiting researcher at Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
- International Business and Cross-Cultural Management
- Biculturals as the new workforce demographic
- Knowledge transfer
- Culture theory
2018- Deputy member of EGB Department Forum (PhD representative)
2009-2018 Head of the Japanese language faculty at International Business in Asia (until phased out of CBS’ educational portfolio in August 2018)
2014-2017 Member of INT Department Forum (Teaching Associate Professor representative)
2012, 2016-present Academic director, Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) hosted annually at CBS
2020- Teaching Associate Professor of Japanese, University of Copenhagen, Course Coordinator of Japanese for CBS-students
Course Coordination at International Business in Asia, BSc in Asian Language and Culture
2016-2017:
- Japanese Intro 1 (30 ECTS)
- Japanese Intro 2 (30 ECTS)
- Japanese 1 (7.5 ECTS)
- Japanese 2 (7.5 ECTS)
- Japanese 3 (7.5 ECTS)
2009-2016:
- Japanese 4 (7.5 ECTS)
2009-2010:
- Japanese 5 (7.5 ECTS) – replaced by exchange as of 2011.
2009-2019:
- Japanese 6 (7.5 ECTS)
Teaching at International Business in Asia, BSc in Asian Language and Culture
2009-2016:
- Japanese Intro 1, Japanese Intro 2, Japanese 1
- Japanese 2
- Japanese 3
2009-2011, 2016:
- Japanese 4
2009-2010:
- Japanese 5
2009-2011:
- Japanese 6
March 2022 “Metaphorical Translation – A Case Study on the Role of Biculturalism in Strategic Translation Processes at Novo Nordisk in Japan”, short paper presented at the SJSF Conference on Contemporary Japanese Studies in the Nordic Countries, Copenhagen Business School, March 24-25, 2022.
February 2020 Poster Presentation ”Differentiating Culture and Language – An ethnographic case study of how biculturals and bilinguals contribute to knowledge sharing in foreign pharmaceutical subsidiaries in Japan”, ION Annual Meeting, February 13-16 at The Burn, Glenesk, Scotland.
February 2018 Presentation of working paper titled “Unfolding bicultural talent in Japanese multinational organizations abroad and at home”, 2018 ION (International Organizations Network) conference, Sandberg Manor, Aarhus University.
June 2017 Presentation of PhD proposal at 12th Ph.D. and Post-Doc Seminar and Conference for Global and Cross-Cultural Organizational Research, Jointly offered by Hofstede Chair, Maastricht University and Department of Management, Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University
Poster session presented at ION Annual Meeting, 2020, 2 p.
12.11.2015
Presenter at Brown Bag Lunch Seminar, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. Paper title: "Metaphorical Translation : A Case Study of Strategic Change at Novo Nordisk in Japan". July 12, 2023. LINK
Panel discussant “Doing Fieldwork in Japan”. Early Career Researchers Day, Japanese Studies in the Nordics: Teaching, Research and Networking, conference co-organized by University of Helsinki, University of Turku and University of Tampere, Finland, June 8, 2023
Presentation of work-in-progress doctoral work at Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. Title: “Metaphorical Translations – A Process Study of a Strategic Initiative at Novo Nordisk in Japan”. July 7, 2021. LINK
Differentiating Culture and Language – An ethnographic case study of how biculturals and bilinguals contribute to knowledge sharing in foreign pharmaceutical subsidiaries in Japan”, poster presentation, ION Annual Meeting, February 13-16, 2020 at The Burn, Glenesk, Scotland
Doctoral Consortium, Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, June 24, 2019, Copenhagen
Bicultural talent in global organizations - a comparative multilevel study of human resource and talent management within Danish and Japanese multinational corporations”, invited speaker, Scandinavia Japan Sasakawa Foundation Japan section, Grant Awardees' Meeting and Reception, June 4, 2019, Tokyo
Invited talk: “The Relation between Bicultural identity and Bilingual Competences and their importance for Global Organizations –Tracing Bicultural Talent within Multinational Corporations”, International Symposium: The 4th Dialogue between Civilizations Tokai University European Center, Vedbæk, 14-15 March 2019