Katsuhiko’s research focuses on organizational behavior and human resource management in contemporary organizations that face globalization and digitalization, and he has published research articles in prominent academic journals such as Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Studies, and Journal of World Business. He also serves as an ad-hoc reviewer at journals such as Asia Pacific Journal of Management and International Journal of Human Resource Management. Katsuhiko received Ph.D. in Management and MSc. Management, Organizations, and Governance (Distinction) from London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, and BA in Economics from Kyoto University, Japan.
Along with research and teaching, he consults with multinational corporations and serves as an external advisor to two startup companies. Before joining Shizenkan, he served as an Assistant Professor at Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, and worked as Consulting Director and Chief Researcher at Recruit Holdings in Japan.
Katsuhiko Yoshikawa
Vice President
Professor
Professor
- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resource Management
- International Business
Global Management: Strategy, Organization and Leadership
Designing Your Career
Management of People and Organizations
Research Seminar for Individual Projects (Organizational Development & Strategy)
- Best Reviewer Award, 2020 Annual Meeting of Academy of International Business
- Palgravee Macmillan Best Paper Award, 2018 Annual Meeting of Association of Japanese Business Studies
- Best Paper Award in OB/HRM/OT, 2018 Annual Meeting of Academy of International Business, International Management Division
- Best Dissertation Supervisor Award (Master in International Business) at Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2018).
- Kokubo, K., Yoshikawa, K., & Wu C.H. (2023). Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study. Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health.
- Yoshikawa, K., Wu, C. H., & Lee, H. J. (2022). Knowledge Sharing on Online Platforms within Organizations: An Interactionist Perspective on Generalized Exchange. Applied Psychology.
- Weisman, H., Wu, C. H., Yoshikawa, K., & Lee, H. J. (2022). Antecedents of Organizational Identification: A Review and Agenda for Future Research. Journal of Management.
- Lee, H.-J., Yoshikawa, K., & Harzing, A.-W. (in press2022). Cultures and Institutions: Dispositional and contextual explanations for country-of-origin effects in MNC “ethnocentric” staffing practices. Organization Studies.
- Yoshikawa, K., Wu, C.-H., & Lee, H.-J. (2020). Generalized Exchange Orientation: Conceptualization and Scale Development. Journal of Applied Psychology, 105(3), 294–311.
- Yoshikawa, K., Wu, C.-H., & Lee, H.-J. (2018). Generalized Social Exchange and Its Relevance to New Era Workplace Relationships. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11(3), 486-492.
- Yoshikawa, K., Kokubo, A., & Wu, C.-H. (2018). A cultural perspective on gender inequity in STEM: The Japanese context. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 11(2), 301-309.
- Sasaki, I. & Yoshikawa, K. (2014). Going beyond national cultures – Dynamic interaction between intra-national, regional, and organizational realities. Journal of World Business, 49(3), 455-464.
