, Part-time Lecturer, Division of Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

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1 Jun Imai Birthday: Oct. 9 th, 1967 Address: LE727, In-East, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 65, 47048, Duisburg, Germany Telephone: +49-(203) jun.imai@uni-due.de ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT: 2006-present, Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer, the Institute of East Asian Studies and the Department of Sociology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany , Research Associate for the DFG (German Science Foundation) project, Employment Diversification in Japan: the Case of Temporary Dispatched Worker, at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany , Part-time Lecturer, Division of Social Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Degrees Ph.D., 2006, Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY., U.S.A. Dissertation title: Reform Without Labor: The Transformation of Japanese Employment Relations since the 1990s Committee: Michael Schwartz (SUNY Stony Brook), Karen A. Shire (University of Duisburg-Essen), Martin Albrow (London School of Economics), Ian Roxborough (SUNY Stony Brook) M.A., 1999, Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY., U.S.A. M.A., 1996, Public Administration, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan B.A., 1990, Social Sciences, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan Academic Interests Employment Relations, Class and Inequality, Economic Sociology, Social Change, Gender Relations, Japanese Society in Comparative Perspective Scholarships , Full Tuition Scholarship, Department of Sociology, SUNY Stony Brook , Rotary International Foundation Scholarship , Graduate Student Scholarship, International Christian University

2 RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Research Grants , Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG: German Science Foundation) Research Grant for Employment Diversification in Japan: The Case of Temporary Dispatched Work (Principal investigator: Prof. K. Shire) , Matsushita International Foundation, Dissertation Research Grant ( 500,000) Awards 2005, Participant for the 7 th Annual Graduate Student Retreat of the Society for Comparative Research held at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Funded by CEU and Princeton University 1997, Fulbright Graduate Student Award (Alternate for scholarship: declined) Publication Forthcoming in 2008, The Transformation of Japanese Employment Relations: Reform Without Labour, Basingstroke, PalgraveMacmillan Forthcoming in 2008, "The Transformation of the Effort-Bargain: Introduction of the Discretionary Work System and the Results-oriented Labor Management System," Nihon Rôdô Shakai Gakkai Nenpô (Annual Review of Labor Sociology), vol. 18 (in Japanese) 2006, Imai J. and K. Shire, Employment Deregulation and the Expanding Market for Temporary Labor in Japan, in The Changing Structure of Labor in Japan Japanese Human Resource Management between Continuity and Innovation, ed. by René Haak, PalgraveMacmillan, pp , The Rise of Temporary Employment in Japan: Legalisation and Expansion of a Non-Regular Employment Form, Duisburg Working Papers on East Asian Studies, No. 62, 64 pages 2004, Shire, K., and J. Imai, Flexible Rigidities, Redundant Capacities: Change and Continuity in the German and Japanese Employment Systems, in Systemic Change in the Japanese and German Economies: Convergence and Differentiation as Dual Challenges, ed. by W. Pascha, pp , RoutledgeCurzon 2000, Shire, K., and J. Imai, Gender and the Diversification of Employment in Japan, in Re-organisation der Arbeit, ed. by Hanns-Georg Brose, pp , Frankfurt, Campus Verlag 2000, Shire, K., and J. Imai, Flexible Equality - Men and Women in Employment in Japan, Duisburg Working Papers on East Asian Studies, No. 30, 20 pages 1995, Imai J., and N. Ota, Ausbildung in japanischen Banken (Training at Japanese banks), in Die Bank, Nov. 1995, number 11, pp Under Review The Expanding Role of Temporary Help Agencies in Japan s Emerging External Labor Market, under review Research Reports 2002, Japanese-style Management under the Industrial Structural Change and the Deregulation: On the Personnel System Reform and the Introduction of the Discretionary Work System, in Research Report 2000, pp. 46-7, Matsushita

3 International Foundation (in Japanese) Other Manuscripts 2006, with Sam Zeini, Markus Tünte, and Karen Shire, Data-Appendix. in Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives, ed. by Sylvia Walby et al., Palgrave Press, London, , Effort as Social Contract at Japanese Workplaces: from the Analysis of Personnel Appraisal, Abstract for 19th annual International Labor Process Conference, March 2001, School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London. 1999, Flexible Working Time Regime: Flexible Attitude and the Power Relations at Large Japanese Companies, MA Thesis for the degree of the Master of Art in Sociology, presented to the Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 1996, Social Meaning of Money: Local Currency Movement and Neo-liberal America, MA Thesis for the degree of the Master of Public Administration, presented to the Graduate School of Public Administration, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo Conference Presentations 2008, The Changing Shape of Effort among Regular White-collar Workers in Japan: Results from a Case Study, The 26 th International Labour Process Conference, at University College Dublin (18-20 March 2008) 2007, Structure and Function of the Temporary Dispatching Work Industry: The Analyses from the Industry Survey in 2004, The Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Labor Sociology, Hokkaido Information University, Oct. 27 th 2006, The Transformation of Japanese Employment Relations since the 1990s, Mittagsforum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Ostasienwissenschaften, , Changing Inter-firm Relations in Japan: Expanding Roles of Temporary Help Firms in Labor Mobility, The Annual Meeting of the SASE, Labor market, education and human resource network, Trier, Germany, July , Changing Labor Management Practices in Japan: The Impacts of Results-based System in the 1990s on Employment Relations, Society for Comparative Research, 7 th Annual Graduate Student Retreat, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary 2005, Relational Perspective on Japanese Labor Market Reformation, The Annual Meeting of the SASE, Labor market and human resource network, Budapest, Hungary, June , Flexible Attitude and Results-based Personnel System: Sociological Approach on Personnel System Reform at Japanese Companies, Contemporary Japan Group Meeting, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo, Feb. 19 th 2003, The Rise of Temporary Employment in Japan, 2 nd Rotterdam/Duisburg-Essen Dissertation Seminar, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Nov. 11 th 2003, with K. Shire and K. Vitols, Gender and the Re-regulation of Temporary Employment in Germany and Japan, The Annual Meeting of the SASE, Labor market and human resource network, Aix-en-Provence, France, June , Performance-based Evaluation and the Required Skills for White-collar Workers, The Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Labor Sociology, University of Utsunomiya, Nov. 2 nd 2001, Forced commitment in Japanese employment relations, Presentation at Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin, Dec. 16 th 2001, The formation of forced commitment and its future: power relation at Japanese

4 white-collar workplaces, Presentation at The 1st Rotterdam-Duisburg Dissertation Seminar, Erasmus University Rotterdam, June 29 th 2000, Required ability in Japanese companies: Flexible mentality and power relation at white-collar workplaces, Roundtable Paper, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting at Washington D.C., August 2000, with Shire, K., Flexible Rigidities, Redundant Capacities Change and Continuity in the German and Japanese Employment Systems, Conference Paper, Japan Year Conference, Duisburg, April 2000, with Shire, K. Flexible Equality - Men and Women in Employment in Japan, Section Paper, Asian Studies Association Annual Meeting at San Diego, CA., March. 1999, Local Currencies: Use of Currency in Social Movement, Section Paper, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting at Boston, Mass., March. Invited Talks 2007, Employment Structure and the Meaning of Work in International Comparison: Germany and Japan, lecture at University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Oct. 30 th 2004, The Impacts of the Labor Market Deregulation in Japan, lecture at the University of Duesseldorf, June 19 th TEACHING ACTIVITY: *All courses were taught in English unless otherwise noted Graduate level Ph.D. seminar Research Forum (organizer) Doctoral advising Informal guidance for the Ph.D. students who make research trip to Japan with regard to the field research coordination in Japan (particularly on designing questionnaire, searching appropriate contact, and organizing interview) MA (or Diplom in German system) courses: The Temporary Employment in Germany and Japan in Comparison The Systems of Wages in Germany and Japan in Comparison (co-teach with Economist) Politics and Society in Japan (co-teach with Political Scientist) Cognitive Framework of Corporate-Centered Society (co-teach with Socio-Linguist) Institutions and Organizations in Japan Historical Development of Japanese Institutions Japanese Social Structure MA thesis (or Diplomarbeit in German system) advising: Currently I have two master-level students who write Diplomarbeit under my advising. Topics include The changes of labor management practices at large Japanese companies and The decline of middle class in Japan. Undergraduate level Japan study program courses: Introduction to Japanese Society

5 Social Structure and Inequality in Japan Sociology courses: Introduction to Sociology (in Japanese) Comparative Sociology Sociology of Organization (in Japanese) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY 2006, Program coordinator of the Ph.D. program of the Institute of East Asian Studies, the University of Duisburg-Essen 2004, Project and people management as a part of the DFG project, Employment Diversification in Japan. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Professional Membership American Sociological Association: Economic Sociology, Comparative and Historical, Work and Occupations Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics European Association for Japanese Studies Japanese Sociological Association Japanese Association of Labor Sociology Research Group Workplace Democracy Other Professional Experience , Foreign Exchange Accountant, Foreign Exchange Dealer The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd. Shimbashi branch/capital Markets Division, Tokyo, Japan Language Japanese (native speaker), English (work language), German (intermediate) REFEREES: Prof. Karen A. Shire Ph.D. Job Title: Chair of the Department of Comparative Sociology and Japanese Society at the Department of Sociology and the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, currently on leave of absence at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK: Institute of Advanced Studies) Relationship: Dissertation advisor, co-investigator of previous projects, co-author of numerous articles, and the current head of my academic chair

6 Address: Lehmkuhlenbusch Delmenhorst, Germany Telephone Number: 0049-(0) Fax Number: 0049-(0) Address: PD Dr. Patrick Heinrich Job Title: Acting Chair of the Department of Modern Japanese Studies at the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen Address: LE731, In-East, University of Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstr. 65, 47048, Duisburg, Germany Relationship: Colleague, co-investigator of a project Telephone Number: 0049-(0) Fax Number: 0049-(0) Address: patrick.heinrich@uni-due.de Prof. Michael S. Schwartz Ph.D. Job Title: Professor at the Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook Address: Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York , USA Relationship: Dissertation advisor Telephone Number: 001 (631) Fax Number: 001(631) Address: mschwartz@notes.cc.sunysb.edu