The effect of full-time male workers' attitude and behavior on workplace diversity

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K01920
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
• Research Institution: Shibaura Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Kato Kyoko 芝浦工業大学, デザイン工学部, 准教授 (20600638)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 人的資源管理 / ワーク・ライフ・バランス / 男性正規雇用労働者 / 自分ごと / 柔軟性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In terms of proceeding this research, the influence of Covid-19 forced it to change the scope of the original research in many respects. The original purpose was to scrutinize the impact of recent changes in the work environment on the consciousness and behavior of regular male workers, and to visualize the process of forming a workplace where diversity coexists. Since, however, the impact of Covid-19 on the workplace was so great that the findings from the study were rather finding from the changes in consciousness and behavior that Covid-19 had on the workplace environment. Regarding the achievement of the goal, the influence of Covid-19 also had a great influence on myself (significant change in lecture format and increase the volume in school admin), the survey subjects and companies. As a result, I couldn't reach the originally expected goal.

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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

上述のように、本研究はスコープ変更を余儀なくされることになったが、その中でも少しずつ取り組んできたインタビューから知見が集まりつつある。1つ目は、職場の改革を推し進めるためには、対象者全てが変革を「自分ごと」として捉える必要があるということ、2つ目は、Survival for the fittestの格言通り、変化に柔軟に対応できる組織や人材のみが結果として生き残っていくこと、3つ目はCovid-19による仕事の仕方の変化に対応できた人材（男性正規雇用労働者）の多くは、以前から仕事以外の人生にも主体的に関わっていたことなどを改めて浮き彫りにした学術的・社会的意義は大きいと考える。