A Research on Industrial Mental Health and Human Resource Management

本研究课题的中心内容是，在经济结构调整和技术革新的时代，日本企业的产业心理健康问题的现状。我们进行了理论调查和实地访谈调查，重点是人力资源管理方面。因此，我们可以将我们的发现总结为以下三点。很明显，日本的职员和工程师们正因工作场所的信息化而承受着相当大的精神压力。一般日本企业不是从人力资源管理的角度，而是从员工福利的角度来解决这些问题。日本工会没有就这一问题积极与管理层进行谈判。但值得注意的是，日本产业参事会等一些专业团体正在兴起。

This research project is centrally concerned with the present situation of the industrial mental health problems in the contemporary Japanese firms which are confronting economic restructuring and technological innovations. We have conducted both theoretical surveys and field interview surveys focusing on the aspect of human resource management. As a result we can summarize our findings in the following three points.1. It is apparent that Japanese clerks and engineers are suffering considable mental stress from the informatization of the workplace.2. Ordinary Japanese firms are approaching these problems not from the standpoint of human resource management, but from the standpoint of employee welfare program.3. Japanese labor unions are not actively negotiating with management on this subject. However, it is noteworthy that some professional groups such as Japan Industrial Counselors Association are emerging.