The Framework of Work-Life-Balance Theory in Unstable Employment Society

本研究的目的是检视日本工作生活平衡的现况，并建构一个与各种风险和生命历程相对应的工作生活平衡框架。本文所用的“工作-生活平衡”一词并非指工作-家庭平衡，而是指有偿工作、家务工作、公民和社区活动以及其他活动的协调，研究框架分为五个阶段。即，首先是世界银行的政策安排；第二部分是对以往研究成果的分析；三是社会背景分析；第四部分分析了构成WLB理论的下属概念，这些概念对应于各种风险和生命历程；第五部分是对关注WLB的社区和社会活动家的时间分配分析。因此，在未来的工作负载理论中，建议构建一个包含体面劳动、赋权和合作与支持概念的理论，并需要进一步的实证分析。

The purposes of this study are to examine the reality of work-life-balance(WLB) in Japan and to construct a framework for the WLB that corresponds to the various risks and life course. As used herein, the term "work-life-balance" does not mean the work-family-balance but the harmonization of paid-work, domestic work, citizens and community activities and other activities, the framework of the study is divided into five stages. That is, the first is the arrangement of policies on the WLB ; the second is an analysis of previous research on the WLB ; the third is an analysis of social backgrounds ; the fourth is an analysis of subordinate concepts that make up the theory of the WLB corresponding to a variety of risks and life course ; and the fifth is a time-allocation analysis of community and social activists that focus on the WLB. As a result, in the theory of the WLB in the future, it is suggested that a theory including the concept of decent work, empowerment and cooperation & support should be constructed and further empirical analysis is essential.