International Labor Migration and Well-Beings: Effects on Indonesian Care Workers and their Family

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780302
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: Sasaki Ayako 千葉大学, 国際教養学部, 講師 (20720030)
• Research Collaborator: Fentiny Nuguroho
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 外国人介護福祉士 / EPA / 国際移住労働 / ウェルビーイング / ワーク・ライフ・バランス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The findings indicate that the most significant issue for Indonesian certified care workers and those candidates would be how they could realize "work-life balance". While Japanese society cannot assure Quality of Life of Indonesian certified care workers who decide to continue to work in Japan, their experiences and care-work skills do not necessarily contribute to their "career-up" in Indonesia when they decide to go back. The EPA system might contribute to improve well-beings of Indonesian care workers, their family, and Indonesian community temporarily and partially, but it hasn't been concluded yet that the system has continuous effects on the Indonesian society as a whole.

Free Research Field

国際社会福祉