Introduction

Sachiko Yamao's research focuses on human resource management in global companies, emphasizing career development and support for host country and expatriate employees. She contributes to international management and DEI research by studying challenges of international assignments, cross-cultural and multilingual management, and gender bias in career development.

■Challenges of international assignments
・Research objective: To investigate the relationship between change-resistant personality traits and the willingness to expatriate, and to find ways to ameliorate the relationship.
- Title: There is nothing like staying at home: Japanese employees’ dispositional resistance to change and their expatriation willingness, Yamao Sachiko, Sekiguchi Tomoki （Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research） 12 （ 4 ） 573-590 Nov. 2024
■ Global firms and host country employees
・Research objective: To examine whether and to what extent host country employees' organizational identity and career support targeting them enhances their willingness to assist expatriates.
- Title: When do host country nationals help expatriates? The roles of identification with the multinational enterprise and career development support by the subsidiary, Yamao Sachiko, Yoshikawa Toru, Choi Daejeong, Toh Soo Min （Journal of International Management） 26 （ 3 ） 100778 Sep. 2020
■Gender bias in career development
・Research objective: To examine the effectiveness of leadership training for junior female leaders in Australia and Japan..
- Title: Fostering psychological capital self-efficacy in emerging female leaders: Practical insights from an international leadership development program, Round Heather, Yamao Sachiko, Shao Bo, Klonek Florian, Sekiguchi Tomoki, Newman Alexander （Organizational Dynamics） 53 （ 4 ） 101085 Oct. 2024

Areas of Research

・Business Administration
・Business Administration

Social Contributions

・Enhancing workplace diversity and inclusion by promoting organizational identification among diverse employees, supporting intercultural cooperation and career development.