MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy

Affiliation
Institute of Business Sciences
Official title
Professor
URL
Research fields
Management
Research keywords
COVID-19 and telework
Subjective well-being
Knowledge Management
Social Networking Services
Cross-Cultural Management
Distance Learning
International Economics
Research projects
A comparative study on subjective well-being in organizations: How to nurture, share and leverage positive emotions in a remote work environment2023-04 -- 2026-03Benton, CarolineJapan Society of for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research4,810,000Yen
Subjective Well-Being, Knowledge Management, and Performance under COVID-19: Social Distancing and Teleworking from Home2021-04 -- 2024-03Magnier-Watanabe, RemyJSPS/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research4,160,000Yen
The Coronavirus and Mandatory Telework from Home: Effects on Regular Workers’ Subjective Wellbeing, New Male Roles, and Job Prod2020-05 -- 2020-10Magnier-Watanabe, RemyUniversity of Tsukuba/University of Tsukuba Program to Apply the Wisdom of the University to tackle COVID-19 Related Emergency Problems400,000Yen
Subjective well-being management in organizations: How to nurture, share and leverage positive emotions in the workplace2020-04 -- 2023-03Caroline BentonJapanese Society for the Promotion Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research（C)4,420,000Yen
Knowledge Management 30 Years On: Theory, Practice, and Country Differences2018-04 -- 2021-03Magnier-Watanabe RemyJapanese Society for the Promotion Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research（C)4,290,000Yen
Happiness in global companies: Comparative enablers and impact on performance2017-04 -- 2020-03Caroline BentonJapanese Society of for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research（C)4,420,000Yen
Knowledge Management for Foreign Direct Investments: Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Foreign Inbound and Outbound Investmen2014-04 -- 2017-03MAGNIER-WATANABE　RemyJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)4,420,000Yen
挑戦的萌芽研究組織における成員の幸福と業績を両立させるモデル校チックとそのメカニズムの研究2014-04 -- 2017-03Uchida ToruJSPS/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)3,510,000Yen
Knowledge Management for Foreign Direct Investments: Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Foreign Inbound and Outbound Investmen2014-04 -- 2017-03Magnier-Watanabe RemyJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)4,420,000Yen
Identifying determinants of knowledge management and technology adoption: organizational sequences and institutional drivers2011-04 -- 2014-03Magnier-Watanabe RemyJapan Society of for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research3,770,000Yen
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Career history
2022-09 -- (current)University of TsukubaGraduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social SciencesProfessor
2018-08 -- 2019-07Harvard UniversityWeatherhead Center for International AffairsAcademic Associate
2012-11 -- 2022-08University of TsukubaGraduate School of Business SciencesAssociate Professor
2008-08 -- 2012-10University of TsukubaGraduate School of Business SciencesAssistant Professor
Academic background
2005-04 -- 2008-03Tokyo Institute of Technology Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Knowledge Management
2000-08 -- 2002-05Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate School of Management
1999-09 -- 2001-12Grenoble Graduate School of Business Graduate School, Division of Administration
Degree
1999-07BachelorGrenoble Ecole de Management
2001-12MasterGrenoble Ecole de Management
2002-05MBAGeorgia Institute of Technology
2008-03PhDTokyo Institute of Technology
Academic societies
2008 -- (current)Academy of Management
2006 -- (current)Association for Information Systems
2007 -- (current)THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
2007 -- (current)THE ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCE
2012 -- (current)THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Honors & Awards
2015-12CEMS Course of the Year AwardCEMS Global Management Practice Course of the Year
2014-09Best Full Paper Award at the 2014 British Academy of Management ConferenceBest Full Paper Award, Knowledge and Learning Track
2013-03University of Tsukuba “Best Faculty Member Award 2012”Research
2013-03University of Tsukuba “Young Faculty Member Award 2012”Research
2012-05-31One of the 'top 3 papers published in Knowledge Management Research & Practice' in 2010-2011Academic paper
2011-06-01Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2011Academic paper
2010-05-19Best Paper Award at the KMO 2010 Conference, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, HungaryAcademic paper
2007-10-012007 Innovative Concept Award and Research Grant from the Tokyo Institute of TechnologyResearch
2006-10-26Best Paper Award at the 3rd Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS in Milan (itAIS 2006)Academic paper
2006-04-01Monbukagakusho Scholarship awarded by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT)Research
Articles
Books
  • The effect of telework frequency on communication media and knowledge sharing in Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Knowledge Management in Organizations/Springer/pp.51-63, 2023-08
  • The effect of telework frequency on communication media and knowledge sharing in Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Knowledge Management in Organizations/Springer/pp.3-15, 2022-08
  • Work Family Conflict: Focusing on the Situation Surrounding Women in the Corona Pandemic
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Economic and Social Perspectives on the World under COVID-19/Dobunsha/pp.103-120, 2021-09
  • The impact of forced telework on Japanese employees
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; BENTON Caroline; UCHIDA Toru; ORSI...
    Post-Corona Studies—Pandemic and Social Change, Continuity, and the Future/Aksahi Shoten/pp.54-73, 2022-04
  • A practical taxonomy of knowledge
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Knowledge Management in Organizations/Springer/pp.23-29, 2021-07
  • Knowledge for Translating Management Innovation into Firm Performance
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Fern BENTON Caroline
    Knowledge Management in Organizations: Communications in Computer and Information Science/Springer, 2017-08
  • A study of knowledge management enablers across countries
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; BENTON Caroline Fern; Senoo Dai
    The Essentials of Knowledge Management/Palgrave Macmillan/pp.175-195, 2015-05
  • One-Size-Fits-All? Towards a Taxonomy of Knowledge Workers
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Benton Caroline Fern
    The 8th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Social and Big Data Computing for Knowledge Management/Springer/pp.205-219, 2013-10
  • Knowledge Management under Institutional Pressures: The Case of the Smartcard in France
    マニエー渡邊レミー 妹尾大; +MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Innovative Knowledge Management: Concepts for Organizational Creativity and Collaborative Design/Information Science Reference, Hershey, PA./pp.157-176, 2011-01
  • Bringing Virtual Teams and Cross-Cultural Business Education into the Classroom,
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; BENTON Caroline Fern; HERRIG Harald; ...
    Facilitating Learning in the 21st Century: Leading through Technology, Diversity and Authenticity/Springer, Berlin/pp.71-86, 2013-01
  • Technology-Mediated Learning Across Borders: A Cross-Cultural Case-Study
    Magnier-Watanabe Remy; Benton Caroline; Herrig Harald; Aba O...
    PICMET 2010: TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH/IEEE/pp.0-0, 2010-01
  • A Structural Model of Knowledge Management across Borders
    Benton Caroline; Magnier-Watanabe Remy
    PROCEEDINGS OF PICMET 09 - TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN THE AGE OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE, VOLS 1-5/IEEE/pp.939-948, 2009-01
Conference, etc.
  • ). Emotional contagion at work in Japan predicated on familiarity
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Benton Caroline; Orsini Philippe; ...
    16th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2023/2023-09-16--2023-09-17
  • Antecedents of emotional contagion at work in Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Benton Caroline; Orsini Philippe; ...
    15th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2022/2022-10-01--2022-10-02
  • Identification and comparison of predictors of well-being at work among French and Japanese employees
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Japanese Society / Section working conditions/2021-12-01--2021-12-01
  • Identification and comparison of predictors of well-being at work among French and Japanese employees
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    French-speaking Research Day 2021/2021-12-10--2021-12-10
  • Leveraging emotional contagion to support subjective well-being at work in Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Benton Caroline; Orsini Philippe; ...
    14th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2021/2021-09-18--2021-09-19
  • Antecedents of Subjective Well-Being at Work for French Permanent Employees
    Orsini Philippe; MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Benton Caroline; ...
    14th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2021/2021-09-18--2021-09-19
  • A practical taxonomy of knowledge
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    15th Knowledge Management in Organizations Conference (KMO 2021)/2021-07-19--2021-07-22
  • The Coronavirus and Mandatory Telework from Home: Effects on Regular Workers’ Subjective Well-being, New Male Roles, and Job Productivity
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Benton Caroline; Orsini Philippe; ...
    COVID-19 Workshop to think about the crisis together and take up the challenge/2020-12-03--2020-12-03
  • COVID-19 and the consequences of mandatory telework from home for regular Japanese employees
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Orsini Philippe; Benton Caroline; ...
    JFR 2020 Roundtable: The consequences of COVID-19 in Japan/2020-12-04--2020-12-04
  • Antecedents of subjective well-being at work: The case of Japanese regular employees
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Benton Caroline; Orsini Philippe; ...
    81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management AOM 2021/2021-07-29--2021-08-04
  • A new taxonomy of exporting SMEs based on international experience and uniqueness
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Lemaire Jean-Paul; Freeman Susan
    Academy of International Business 2021 (AIB 2021)/2021-06-28--2021-07-02
  • COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders: Effects on gender roles and work family conflicts among Japanese regular employees
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Magnier-Watanabe Kaoruko
    13th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2020/2020-10-24--2020-10-24
  • Perception of cultural diversity at work: Towards an optimum number of foreign coworkers
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Orsini Philippe
    13th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2020/2020-10-24--2020-10-24
  • Antecedents of subjective well-being at work for Japanese regular employees
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Uchida Toru; Orsini Philippe; Bent...
    13th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2020/2020-10-24--2020-10-24
  • The influence of the concentration of companies from the same country of origin on the establishment of Japanese direct investment in the United States
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    French Research Day 2019/2019-10-10--2019-10-10
  • Identifying the Motives for Japanese FDI in the US Southeast
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Hoadley James
    12th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM) 2019/2019-10-05--2019-10-06
  • Japanese foreign direct investment location in the US: A home-country firm bandwagon effect
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Panel: “Trade and Investment in U.S.-Japan Relations”/2019-04-26--2019-04-26
  • Knowledge Drivers of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment Location
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    14th Knowledge Management in Organizations Conference (KMO 2019)/2019-07-15--2019-07-18
  • At night, all cats are grey: Are all exporting SMEs similar and facing the same challenges? A taxonomy attempt applied to Australian companies
    Lemaire Jean-Paul; Freeman Susan; MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    9th Annual Conference of the French-Speaking Association of International Management (ATLAS-AFMI 2019)/2019-06-17--2019-06-19
  • Organizational virtuousness, happiness, and job performance among French and Japanese employees: A structural model
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    11th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM)/2018-09-08--2018-09-09
  • Cross-cultural and human resource management challenges in Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Third Annual Susilo Symposium/2018-06-08--2018-06-10
  • Cross-cultural and human resource management challenges in Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) 2017/2017-11-17--2017-11-20
  • Organizational virtuousness and subjective well-being: Differences between France and Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Uchida Toru; Orsini Philippe; Fern...
    Fren-speaking Research Day/2017-12-01--2017-12-01
  • Organizational virtuousness and subjective well-being: Differences between France and Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Orsini Philippe; Uchida Toru; Fern...
    10th Conference of the International Academy of Strategic Management (IASM)/2017-09-09--2017-09-10
  • Inbound foreign direct investment in mature economies: Lessons from Japan
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy; Lemaire Jean-Paul
    43rd Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA)/2017-12-14--2017-12-17
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Teaching
2023-10 -- 2024-02Graduation Research IUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-01 -- 2024-02Cross Cultural Management II: The Challenges of GlobalizationUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-11 -- 2024-02Seminar IIIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-11Seminar VUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-07 -- 2023-08Seminar VUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2023-11Cross Cultural Management I: Managing Across BordersUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-08International Conference Seminar IUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-10 -- 2024-02International Conference Seminar IUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-07 -- 2023-08Case Study PracticeUniversity of Tsukuba.
2023-04 -- 2023-08Business ProjectUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Other educational activities
2008-04 -- 2011-03JICA Communication Consultant学外
Talks
  • The Coronavirus and Mandatory Telework from Home: Effects on Regular Workers’ Subjective Well-being, New Male Roles, and Job Productivity
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    COVID-19 Workshop to meet friends who think about the crisis together and challenge/2020-12-03--2020-12-03
  • Cross-cultural management and global virtual teams
    MAGNIER-WATANABE Remy
    Innovative and Virtual Pedagogical Approaches to Teach International Business-Related Fields: An Expert Workshop/2021-04-28--2021-04-28
Professional activities
2014-01 -- (current)Journal of Knowledge ManagementEditoral Advisory Board Member
2012 -- (current)THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENTIn charge of International events
2011 -- (current)Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET)International Conference Reviewer, Program Committee Member
2008 -- (current)Knowledge Management Conference in Organizations (KMO)International Conference Reviewer, Program Committee Member
2008 -- 2008Tunisia-Japan Symposium on Science and Technology (TJASST 2008)Management of Technology Track Co-chair and co-coordinator
2009 -- 2015Management & Marketing journalEditorial Board member
University Management
2023-04 -- 2025-03University of Tsukuba MBA-IBChair
2021-04 -- 2023-03University of Tsukuba MBA-IBVice-Chair
2015 -- (current)University of Tsukuba MBA-IB ABEST21 Accreditation TeamTeam member
2019 -- 2021University of Tsukuba Designated National University CorporationYoung Researcher contributor to the Evaluation Committee
2020-04 -- 2023-03MBA-IB Education SectionChair
2019-09 -- (current)University of Tsukuba North America Advisory BoardMember
2016-04 -- 2018-03MBA-IBMBA-IB Vice Chair
2014-04 -- 2016-03Office of the PresidentAdviser to the President
2013-04 -- 2018-03University of Tsukuba International Strategy CommitteeMember
2013-04 -- 2018-03MBA-IB Education CommitteeChair
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Message
Dr. Rémy Magnier-Watanabe is a Professor in the MBA Program in International Business, Graduate School of Business Sciences, at the University of Tsukuba, Tokyo campus. He is originally from France, but has actually lived and studied in three countries: he graduated from Grenoble Ecole de Management in France (BS, MS), holds an MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, and received his PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. He also spent one year on academic sabbatical in the Program on US-Japan Relations at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in Cambridge (MA), conducting research on Japanese FDI in the United States. Prof. Magnier-Watanabe's research focuses on knowledge management, cross-cultural management, foreign direct investment, and subjective well-being at work. His research has been published, among others, in Asia Pacific Business Review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, International Business Review, the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, the Journal of Knowledge Management, the Journal of Workplace Learning, Knowledge Management Research & Practice, and Social Science Japan Journal. Prior to his academic career, he worked as Training Department Manager in the United States for a leading French manufacturer of packaging equipment and lines for beverages packaged in PET, where he developed a growing interest for applied management research.

(Last updated: 2024-04-04)