Muneo Yoshikawa
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Muneo Jay Yoshikawa (吉川 宗男) is a Japanese professor, author, researcher and consultant in the fields of
intercultural communication Intercultural communication is a discipline that studies communication across different cultures and social groups, or how culture affects communication. It describes the wide range of communication processes and problems that naturally appear w ...
,
human development Human development may refer to: * Development of the human body ** This includes physical developments such as growth, and also development of the brain * Developmental psychology * Development theory * Human development (economics) * Human Develo ...
,
human resource management Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize e ...
, and
leadership Leadership, is defined as the ability of an individual, group, or organization to "", influence, or guide other individuals, teams, or organizations. "Leadership" is a contested term. Specialist literature debates various viewpoints on the co ...
.


Career

Muneo Yoshikawa was born in Tokyo in 1938 and went to study in the United States at the age of 18, graduating from
Linfield College Linfield University is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college with campuses in McMinnville, Oregon, McMinnville, and Portland, Oregon. Linfield Wildcats athletics participate in the Northwest ...
in Oregon. He then received his graduate degree and subsequently a Ph.D. from the
University of Hawaii A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...
. Yoshikawa retired from the University of Hawaii after 35 years of teaching, currently residing in Japan. Yoshikawa studied the Communication Theory, the New Paradigm Theory, and the Life Information Science Theory. He developed communication theories in the education, health, and business fields, best known among them being the double-swing model of intercultural communication. He holds the rank of professor emeritus at the University of Hawaii and he is a member of the Board of Directors of Intercultural Open University Foundation (he was originally involved as a mentor and international advisor to this foundation since its inception in 1981). He is also co-director of Mobius Graduate School in Tokyo, councilor of the International Advisory Counsel of The Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (Malaysia) and associate of
Ken Blanchard Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (born May 6, 1939) is an American author, business consultant and motivational speaker who has written more than 70 books, most of which were co-authored. His most successful book, '' The One Minute Manager'', has sol ...
Companies (San Diego, California). Yoshikawa is also involved in corporate education field, with a focus on multinational and multicultural companies.


Double-swing model

The double-swing model (also known as the Möbius integration philosophy) is model of intercultural communication, originated by Muneo Yoshikawa, conceptualizing how individuals, cultures, and intercultural notions can meet in constructive ways. The communication is understood as an infinite process where both parties change in the course of the communicative or translational exchange, emphasizing that both communication parties play the role of addresser and addressee. The dialogical mode draws upon the Buddhist philosophy (the logic of
soku hi A soku () is a traditional West African instrument used in a type of music called Wassoulou which originated in the Wasulu region of southwest Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the ...
) and the ideas of the Jewish philosopher
Martin Buber Martin Buber (; , ; ; 8 February 1878 – 13 June 1965) was an Austrian-Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I and Thou, I–Thou relationship and the I ...
(the
I-Thou ''Ich und Du'', usually translated as ''I and Thou'', is a book by Martin Buber, published in 1923. It was first translated from German to English in 1937, with a later translation by Walter Kaufmann being published in 1970. It is Buber’s best ...
relationship) in seeing human beings as complete only in relationship. Whilst the dialogue is between two people who are separate and independent, they are simultaneously and inevitably interdependent. The model is graphically presented as the infinity symbol (∞), also as a
Möbius strip In mathematics, a Möbius strip, Möbius band, or Möbius loop is a Surface (topology), surface that can be formed by attaching the ends of a strip of paper together with a half-twist. As a mathematical object, it was discovered by Johann Bened ...
, visualizing the twofold movement between the self and the other that allows for both unity and uniqueness.Evelin Lindner, ''Emotion and conflict: how human rights can dignify emotion and help us wage good conflict'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2009), p. 94


Publications

* Yoshikawa, M. J. (1973). Psycho-sociological implications of the Japanese interpersonal communication patterns. In N. D. Liem (Ed.), ''Aspects of vernacular languages in Asian and Pacific societies'' (pp. 1–17). Honolulu, HI: Southeast Asian Studies Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1977). Implications of Martin Buber’s philosophy of dialogue in Japanese and American intercultural communication. ''Communication: The Journal of the Communication Association of the Pacific'', ''6''(1), 103-124. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1978). Some Japanese and American cultural characteristics. In M. H. Prosser, ''The cultural dialogue: An introduction to intercultural communication'' (pp. 220–230). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1980). ''The dialogical approach to Japanese-American intercultural encounter''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1984). Culture, cognition, and communication: Implications of the “paradoxical relationship” for intercultural communication. ''Communication and Cognition'', ''17''(4), 377-385. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1987). Cross-cultural adaptation and perceptual development. In Y. Y. Kim & W. B. Gudykunst (Eds.), ''Cross-cultural adaptation: Current approaches'' (pp. 140–148). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1987). The double-swing model of intercultural communication between the East and the West. In D. L. Kincaid (Ed.), ''Communication theory: Eastern and Western perspectives'' (pp. 319–329). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1988). Japanese and American modes of communication and implications for managerial and organizational behavior. In W. Dissanayake (Ed.), ''Communication theory: The Asian perspective'' (pp. 150–182). Singapore: Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Center. * Yoshikawa, M. J. (1989). Popular performing arts: ''Manzai'' and ''rakugo''. In R. G. Powers & H. Kato (Eds.), ''Handbook of Japanese popular culture'' (pp. 75–96). New York: Greenwood Press. * Hijirida, K., & Yoshikawa, M. J. (1987). ''Japanese language and culture for business and travel''. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press.


Awards

* ''Hawaii University Teaching Award'' (Hawaii, USA) * ''American Youth Teaching Award'' (Hawaii, USA)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yoshikawa, Muneo 1939 births Japanese writers Communication theorists University of Hawaiʻi faculty Linfield University alumni Living people Japanese emigrants to the United States Hawaii people of Japanese descent