Faculty of Economics and Commerce Department of Management and Marketing

Dr Sachiko Yamao

Profile

Sachiko has previously worked as a cross-cultural training officer at the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, a not-for-profit organisation funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and Japanese industries. Sachiko’s research interests include human resource management in subsidiaries of multinational corporations and knowledge management within multinational corporations.

Qualifications

Ph.D. in Management, Monash University, Australia
M.Sc. in International Business & Management, Manchester Business School, UK
M.Econ in International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University, Japan
B.A. in International and Cultural Studies, Tsuda College, Japan

Professional Memberships

Academy of International Business
Academy of Management
Association of Japanese Business Studies
Academic Association of Organizational Studies, Japan
Japan Association of International Business Studies
Japan Society of Human Resource Management (Nihon Romu Gakkai)

Research

Refereed Journal Articles

Yamao, S., De Cieri, H. & Hutchings, K. (2009). Transferring subsidiary knowledge to global headquarters: Subsidiary executives’ perceptions on the role of HR configurations. Human Resource Management, 48 (4): 531-554.

Refereed Conference Papers

Yamao, S. (2009, December). The role of social capital perceived by subsidiary executives in inter-subsidiary knowledge sharing. Accepted for presentation at the 23rd annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Melbourne, Australia.

Yamao, S. (2009, August). Human capital, social capital, and knowledge transfer from global headquarters to subsidiaries. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, USA.

Yamao, S. & Hutchings, K. (2008, June/July). Knowledge transfer from subsidiary to MNC headquarters: The role of subsidiary HRM practices. Presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Academy of International Business, Milan, Italy.

Yamao, S. (2008, June). Knowledge stock, absorptive capacity, cultural distance, and knowledge transfer from the global headquarters to subsidiaries. Presented at the 21st annual conference of the Association of Japanese Business Studies, Milan, Italy.

Yamao, S., Hutchings, K. & De Cieri, H. (2007, November). The role of subsidiary human resource management in parent-subsidiary knowledge sharing. Presented at the 2007 conference of the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy, Newcastle, Australia.

Yamao, S. & Fenwick, M. (2005, December). Knowledge transfer success in multinational enterprises: The role of training and development and knowledge transfer capacity. Presented at the 19th annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management, Canberra, Australia.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities 2009

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