Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2024 - 2024 立教大学 リサーチ・イニシアティブセンター
2019 - 2023 Qualitative Research on Human Resource Development in Asian Companies in South Africa
2019 - 2020 南アフリカに進出したアジア系企業における人事管理
2016 - 2018 Network formation for reconstructing the paradigm of African Area Studies in a globalizing world
Papers (10):
Xiao, Allen Hai, Yanyin Zi. Placing African Cities in Chinese Lives: A Comparative Study of Migrant Geographies. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 2024
Yanyin Zi. Shaping Botswana's Economy: Chinese Counterfeits as Catalysts of Globalization and Local Development. Journal of Southern African Studies. 2024. 49. 5/6
Yanyin Zi, Arthur Linke. Values Gaps Affecting Human Resources Management Relations between Expats and Locals: The Case of a Chinese Manufacturer in South Africa. Africa Journal of Management. 2021. 7. 2. 216-239
Zi Yanyin. Chinese Merchants in Africa: From Distributors of “Made in China” to Founders of “Designed in China". Journal of Chinese Overseas Studies. 2019. 16. 40-48
Iron Sharpens Iron: Social Interactions at China Shops in Botswana
Cameroon: Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group 2017 ISBN:9789956764419
Social Transition and Its Impact on Southern Africa
Area Studies Unit, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University 2014 ISBN:9784905518099
Lectures and oral presentations (25):
Fitting a Square Peg in a Round Hole: Exporting Labor Regimes from China to South Africa
(66th Annual Meeting of African Studies Association (San Francisco, USA) 2023)
2017/09 - 2022/03 Rikkyo University College of Intercultural Communication Research and Education Coordinator
2016/03 - 2018/03 Kyoto University Center for African Area Studies Specially Appointed Researcher
2016/09 - 2017/02 University of Cologne Global South Studies Center (GSSC) Research Fellow
2016/03 - 2016/08 University of Cape Town Centre for African Language Diversity Visiting Scholar
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Association Membership(s) (6):
Development Studies Association
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
, 日本華僑華人学会
, 国際開発学会
, Japan Society for Afrasian Studies
, African Studies Association