Research Experience
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Bocconi University Department of Management and Technology / Network Innovation Lab Visiting PhD
Affiliation
Faculty of Commerce, School of Commerce
Job title
Research Associate
Professional Memberships
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Academy of Management
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The Japanese Association of Administrative Science
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The Academic Association for Organizational Science
Research Areas
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Business administration Organizational Behavior
Research Interests
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Knowledge transfer
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Social networks
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Text analysis
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Creativity
Awards
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Best Papers
2025.03 Academy of Management Conference (OB Division) Shifting the Goldilocks Zone of Boundary Spanning for Creativity via Knowledge Network Centrality
Winner： Takehiko Murai, Toshio Murase, Koji Suzuki
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Best Student Presentation Award
2023.09 Center for Data Science, Waseda University Understanding human behaviour in organisations from business chat data.
Winner： Takehiko Murai
Papers
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Leadership that elicits support for organizational change from employees —Focusing on the psychological factors of employees that visionary leadership promotes or inhibits—
Takehiko Murai
The Bulletin of the Graduate School of Commerce 2024.11 [Refereed]
Authorship：Lead author
Presentations
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Staying Stable Without Getting Stale: Network Stability and Diverse Information Input for Creativity
Takehiko Murai, Koji Suzuki, Toshio Murase
the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Presentation date： 2026.08
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Failures in Organizational Information Search: The Selection and Misjudgment of Information Sources
Takehiko Murai, Taisei Ishii, Ryota Akiho, Toshio Murase
The Japanese Association of Administrative Science
Presentation date： 2025.11
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Relational Properties of Knowledge and Creativity: An Empirical Study Based on Chat Log Analysis
Takehiko Murai
W-SPRING/W-SPRING-AI PhD Forum
Presentation date： 2025.09
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Shifting the Goldilocks Zone of Boundary Spanning for Creativity via Knowledge Network Centrality
Takehiko Murai, Toshio Murase, Koji Suzuki
the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Presentation date： 2025.07
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The relationship between Knowledge Characteristics and Creativity: An Empirical Study Based on Chat Log Analysi
The Academic Association for Organizational Science
Presentation date： 2025.06
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The Impact of the Breadth of Attention Allocation on Team Creativity: A Social Network Perspective Using Business Chat Data
Takehiko Murai
W-SPRING/W-SPRING-AI PhD Forum
Presentation date： 2024.09
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Deciphering the Role of Attention in the Acquisition of Meta-knowledge through ESM
Takehiko murai, Koji Suzuki, Toshio Murase
10th International Conference on Computational Social Science
Presentation date： 2024.07
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エンタープライズソーシャルメディアで 知識共有を促進する上での注意の役割を解明する
鈴木宏治, 村井健彦, 村瀬俊朗
2024年度組織学会研究発表大会
Presentation date： 2024.06
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Identification and role estimation of knowledge activities on enterprise social media using machine learning
Koji Suzuki, Takehiko Murai, Toshio Murase
The Academic Association for Organizational Science
Presentation date： 2023.06
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Analysing team engagement and related factors from chat data
Koji Suzuki, Takehiko Murai, Toshio Murase
The Japanese Association of Administrative Science
Presentation date： 2022.10
Research Projects
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An investigation into chat communication to prevent the reduction in human interaction caused by telework
Japan Science and Technology Agency Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation
Project Year :
2023.09-2026.08Takehiko Murai
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Creativity research using corporate chat data
Nippon Foundation HUMAI Programme Grant A
Project Year :
2025.08-2026.03Takehiko Murai
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Unveiling the Mechanisms of Creativity Generation through Social Network Analysis and Natural Language Processing
W-SPRING Assistance of Overseas Travel to Cultivate International Character
Project Year :
2025-Takehiko Murai
Misc
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Searching problem formulations under member uncertainty in creative problem solving
Ryo Taniguchi, Naoki Takada, Takehiko Murai, Toshio Murase
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2026.08 [Refereed]
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What defines a team or workplace with high psychological safety?
Toshio Murase, Takehiko Murai
JTUC Research Institute for Advancement of Living Standards report 39 ( 7 ) 7 - 11 2026.07
Authorship：Last author
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Staying Stable Without Getting Stale: Network Stability and Diverse Information Input for Creativity
Takehiko Murai, Koji Suzuki, Toshio Murase
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2026.06 [Refereed]
Authorship：Lead author
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Comfort in Similarity, Strength in Difference: Designing Trust and Psychological Safety
Toshio Murase, Takehiko Murai
Sanseiken Forum 147 ( 秋 ) 2025.11
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Shifting the Goldilocks Zone of Boundary Spanning for Creativity via Knowledge Network Centrality
Takehiko Murai, Toshio Murase, Koji Suzuki
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2025.06 [Refereed]
Authorship：Lead author
Teaching Experience
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Information Literacy Practice Ⅰ
Tokyo Metropolitan University
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