THE EFFECT OF COMPANY FRINGE BENEFITS ON WORKING WOMEN

本研究旨在探讨企业福利对职场女性的影响。通过两阶段抽样、行业和规模选择了IIyogo县的100家公司。38个公司同意参与这项研究。共发放问卷1009份，回收有效问卷752份，回收率为74.5%。参与这项研究的女性大多是年轻人，平均年龄为26.9岁，受过大学教育。他们67%的工作是制造业的文员，只有5.9%的人担任管理职务。平均年收入是258万日元。其中77%的人没有工作流动经验。该公司的平均规模为2986名员工。其中73%的人有一定的资质。回答最多的是会计(26.6%)、英语(21.9%)和秘书(16.1%)。从工作条件来看，平均每周工作时间为3…超过9.2小时，每月平均工作日为20.9天。因此，似乎两天休息制在大多数公司都得到了很好的实施。平均每周加班2.6小时，这并不算太多。平均工作年限为5.3年。最常被回答的附带福利是养老金、奖金和带薪休假制度。分析了福利总额与满意度、工作意向、生命周期的关系，发现企业福利越多，满意度越高，工作意向越长，女性选择的生命周期越多，即在结婚或生第一个孩子时辞去工作，在家照顾婴儿一段时间，然后回去工作或继续工作而不辞职。由于长期的经济不景气，许多公司倾向于扣除福利费用，但公司的福利在很大程度上影响着公司的选择或工作意向。因此，企业最好考虑这一点，并确定其附带福利的制度。较少

This research is to investigate the effect of company fringe benefits on working women. One hundred companies in IIyogo prefecture were selected by 2-stage sampling, industry and size. Thirty-eight companines agreed to participate in the research. The total of 1,009 questionnaires were distributed and 752 useful questionnaires were retuRned (return rate is 74.5%). The majority of women who participated in this research are young, average age is 26.9 years old with college education. Sixty-seven percent of their jobs are clerk in manufacturing industry and only 5.9% of them occupy managerial position. The average annual income is 2,580,000 yen. Seventy-seven percent of them have no job mobility experience. The average size of the company is 2,986 employees. Seventy-three percent of them have some qualifications. The most often answered qualifications are, accounting (26.6%), English (21.9%), and secretary (16.1%).Concerning the Working conditions, the average working hours per week is 3 … More 9.2 hours, the average working days per month is 20.9 days. Thus, it seems that 2-day off system is well practiced at most companies. The average overtime per week is 2.6 hours whichi is not too much. The average years of working is 5.3 years. The most often answered fringe benefits are, pension, bonus and paid leave system. The relationship between total number of fringe benefits and satisfaction, intention of working, and life-course was analized and it was found that the more fringe benefits companies have, the higher the level of satisfaction, the longer the intention of working, and the more women select the life-course which is to quit the job when they marry or have their first babies, stay home for a while to take care of infants, then they go back to work or to continue working without quitting. Due to the long-lasting economic depression, many companies tend to deduct the expenses of fringe benefits, but company's fringe benefits influence the selection of a company or intention of working to a great extent. Therefore, companies had better consider this point and determine the systems of their fringe benefits. Less