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Prof. Dr. Karen A. Shire

Professor , Fakultät für Gesellschaftswissenschaften, University of Duisburg-Essen

Associated Professorship

Sociology

Vita

1997-1999 Director of Faculty Development (responsible for teaching evaluation and the use of new media in teaching), International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan; 4/1996-1999 Associate professor and graduate school professor of sociology with the emphases labour sociology, political sociology and comparative sociology, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan; 1987-1990 research assistant, Internationals Class, Analysis Project (project led by Erik Olin Wright); 1989 research assistant, Social Science Research Centre Berlin ((former) labour market policy department); 1983-1984 Project assistant, Race and Schooling Project (project led by Maureen Hallinan & Aage Soerensen); BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) in sociology, Ph.D in sociology (1990), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Focus of Work

Japanese societal comparison and society.

Research and Practice projects (selection)

Virtual Working and Learning in Project-like Networks: Interdisciplinary Solutions for the Humane Organisation of Workplaces and Personnel Management that Fosters Employees
Diversification in Japan: The Case of Temporary Dispatched Work

Publications (selection)

Websitelink to my Publications

Keywords

organisation, comparative institutional studies, labour organisation, work, Japan

Casegroup

Social Sciences