A Study of employee mental health at a large Japanese enterprise undergoing large scale personnel relocation

为探讨企业搬迁策略对员工心理健康的影响，在企业搬迁后进行了问卷调查和访谈。研究对象为日本某大型企业大规模搬迁的186名员工。调查结果显示，约有20%的员工在搬迁后希望得到一些干预，超过60%的员工报告有健康问题。因素分析结果表明，搬迁压力由适应困难、过度唤醒和再体验3个因素构成，在干预方面，探讨了1）企业搬迁策略的指导、2）搬迁前准备的个别面谈和3）搬迁后的个别面谈等。

To examine the effect of the relocation strategy of an enterprise on employee mental health, questionnaire and interview surveys were conducted after relocation. Subjects were 186 employees who were relocated by large scale relocation in a large Japanese enterprise. Participation rate was 89.8% (162 employees).The results show that about 20% of the employees desired some intervention after their move, and over 6O% of the employees had reported health problems. The result of factor analysis show that relocation stress consists of 3 factors, that is, the difficulty in adjustment to a new environment, hyperarousal, and reexperiencing.As for intervention,1)instruction about the relocation strategy of the enterprise,2)the individual interview as pre-move relocation preparation, and 3)the individual interview after the move, and so on, were discussed.