Associate Professor

College of International Management

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

1-1 Jumonjibaru, Beppu, Oita Prefecture 874-8577

Dr. Hiroaki Saito is Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He received his PhD in Hospitality and Service Management from The University of Queensland. Before joining the current university, he served The University of Queensland as a sessional lecturer where he taught various courses in hospitality management. His current teaching subjects include service management, organisational behaviour and human resource management.

His research interests include service management, hospitality management and leadership. He is actively involved in various research projects and participates both international and domestics conferences to disseminate his research findings. He is an awardee of Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management 2017 Best Paper Awards. Also, he received a competitive national grant from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2017 and an international grant from Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences in 2018.