Staff Profile

2024.07.02.

Special field

Labor Sociology

Research theme

Gender Relations in the Workplaces

Detailed contents of research

My research theme is gender relations in the workplaces. I examine gendered divisions of labour and career in Banking, by using historical perspective and an analysis of present conditions.

Simplified curriculum vitae

2024-present
Professor of Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University
2014-2024
Associate Professor of Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University
2007-2014
Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Education, Hokkaido University
1996-2007
Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Social Science, Hitotsubashi University(was quit in March, 2007)
1994-1996
Master Course, Graduate School of Social Sciences(Economics), Konan University(graduated in March, 1996)

Research achievements

KOMAGAWA Tomoko, 2016, “Gender-Based Job Segregation and the Gender Gap in Career Formation: Focusing on Bank Clerical Staff since the Postwar Years”, Japan Labor Review, Vol.13, No.3, Summer, pp.58-79. 

KOMAGAWA Tomoko, 2015, “Changes in Japanese-style Management Considering Gender Perspectives: Focus on the Financial Industry”, Bulletin of Faculty of Education Hokkaido University, Vol.123, pp.175-187

KOMAGAWA Tomoko, 2015, “The promoting active participation by women in the financial industry,” Research Institute for Women and Careers, No.7, pp.71-85

KOMAGAWA Tomoko, 2014, “Issues regarding the policies of the Japanese government for promoting active participation by women,” Bulletin of Faculty of Education Hokkaido University, Vol.121, pp.17-36

KOMAGAWA Tomoko, 2014, “Job Segregation and Career Gap by Gender in Bank Clerks,” THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF LABOUR STUDIES, Vol.648, July 2014 No.7, pp.48-59

KOMAGAWA Tomoko, 2013, “Conducting Research on Women Clerks and Careers,” Bulletin of Faculty of Education Hokkaido University, Vol.119, pp.139-154

KOMAGAWA Tomoko, 2007, “Career Structure and ‘Management of Women Personnel’ in the Case of Women Bank Clerks,” The Journal of Ohara Institute for Social Research, No.582, 

Society Affiliation

Society for the Study of Social Policy
The Japanese Association of Labor Sociology
Hokkaido Sociological Association

Classes in charge

Faculty: Seminar Ⅰ-Ⅳ, Pro-Seminar Ⅱ, Social Survey, Career Development, Practicum Survey of Industrial Education
Graduate School: Master’s Thesis Tutorial, Education and Training in Industry

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