ヌシモト　アヤ   NUSHIMOTO Aya   塗師本　彩    所属   広島修道大学  経済科学部    職種   准教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2022/01
形態種別	学術論文
査読	査読有り
標題	Job stress and mental health among social workers: evidence from a field experiment at a public employment support institution in Japan
執筆形態	共著
掲載誌名	Japanese Economic Review
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	(73),pp.123-146
著者・共著者	Ishikawa, Y., Kohara, M., and Nushimoto, A.
概要	This study examines the causal effects of job stress on workers' mental health. We conduct a field experiment at a public employment support institution in Japan. In the experiment, we randomly assign counsellors to jobseekers who are visiting the institution for the first time. We then collect counsellors’ daily records on mental health conditions for 4 consecutive weeks, matching the responses with the random assignment data on job counselling. The results reveal that the job stress driven by newly assigned problematic jobseekers deteriorates aspects of counsellors’ objective mental health, whereas it does not appear to affect their subjective mental health. This result suggests that workers can accumulate the negative effects of job stress on mental health that they may be unaware of.