Essays on Higashi

This paper revolves around Kelly a Canadian citizen who got into a serious problem with her immediate boss concerning sick leave provisions when she became ill. Upon graduating from college, Kelly decided to participate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching, JET program. Kelly believed that this would be an excellent opportunity for her to make money as a fresh graduate from the college. Besides, she felt that this move would assist her to enhance a good understanding of the Japanese language. Luck enough, Kelly got a job as an Assistant Language Teacher and worked in Board of Education under ...

What is this dispute about for Kelly?

The current case is about negative emotions and disruptions in cross-cultural management and communication. Kelly has come to Japan with the motive of perfecting her Japanese and also spend some adventurous and fun-time around before getting engaged into professional life. Based on her four months’ previous experience of Japanese culture, she believed she could adjust well in Japan and adopt its tradition and work practices easily. However, the transitioning to diverse culture of Japan, gender roles, informal societal traditions and communication issues invoked negative emotions in Kelly which distorted her relations with her supervisor Mr. Higashi. Kelly, however, followed ...

Answer to Question 1

Kelly’s absence due to a flu for two days resulted in Mr. Higashi instructing the office accountant to classify her leave as a paid leave instead of a sick leave. According to the policies set by the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) such as Kelly is entitled to Paid Leaves (Article 11) which account for a total of 20 days that could be used consecutively or individually. To use the Paid Leaves, an ALT must inform his or her supervisor three days in advance for Paid Leaves of about 3 days. For more than 3 days ...