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Masaya Nakamori
Researcher and Chief Research Officer of DroR Corporation. He leads the theoretical development and academic publication of Clinical Organizational Science.
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Profile
Masaya Nakamori is a researcher and Chief Research Officer of DroR Corporation, a Research-Practice Firm based in Tokyo. He leads the theoretical construction and academic publication of the COS research program. He serves as co-chair of the Clinical Organizational Science Research Group and is currently developing his second academic paper as first author, pursuing an independent academic career trajectory.
| Position | Chief Research Officer (CRO), DroR Corporation |
| Research Specializations | • Organizational change in complex adaptive systems • Neuroscience-informed organizational design • Predictive coding and organizational learning |
| Academic Affiliation | • Academy of Management |
| Research Activities | • Clinical Organizational Science Research Group (Co-chair) • Published paper in Frontiers in Psychology (2026) • Second paper in preparation (first author) |
Research Program
Nakamori's research program operates at the intersection of complexity science, neuroscience, organizational studies, and well-being research. The 2026 paper presenting Clinical Organizational Science (COS) constitutes the foundational theoretical statement of this program.
Subsequent research lines will extend the framework toward several directions: differential-dimensional intervention principles, fractal critical structures, the emergent well-being framework, the propagation mechanisms of safety bases through organizations, and integrated theories of individual-organizational interaction. These represent independent empirical and theoretical extensions of the testable propositions presented in the 2026 paper.
Over a five-year horizon, the research program targets the publication of fifteen to twenty papers, including collaborative work with Fellows of the Research Group. Over a thirty-year horizon, the program aims to develop a sustained body of seventy or more publications constituting a coherent intellectual lineage in organizational research.
Motivation
Nakamori's research motivation is rooted in long-standing concern for individuals who suffer within organizations—those who experience dysfunction, suppression, or exhaustion that defies easy articulation. The research program seeks to translate these inchoate experiences into testable theoretical propositions, building a body of work that can be inherited by future researchers and practitioners.
The cultivation of next-generation researchers through the Research Group's Fellow program is integral to this motivation. Papers, organizations, and theoretical frameworks endure as written records, but the most enduring continuity is achieved through the development of researchers who carry the program forward.
Co-author
Nakamori's research work is connected with Makoto Yamanaka, who anchors DroR's practical implementation side and external communications. The complementarity between Nakamori's theoretical role and Yamanaka's practitioner role constitutes the dual structure of DroR as a Research-Practice Firm.
Publications
Publications
Paper 1
Yamanaka, M., & Nakamori, M. (2026). Clinical Organizational Science: An Integrative Framework for Structural Intervention in Complex Organizations. Frontiers in Psychology, 17. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1827324
Read paper · Citation info · Japanese summary
In Preparation
Nakamori, M. (first author). Second paper—in preparation.
Research Group & Fellow Program
Clinical Organizational Science Research Group
DroR co-chairs the Clinical Organizational Science Research Group, which welcomes Fellows pursuing independent research careers while contributing to the program's development. Fellows engage in joint research relationships, collaborative authorship, and theoretical development of the COS program.
Inquiries from researchers, doctoral candidates, or aspiring scholars interested in the program are welcomed.
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