Mental health illness’ negative impact on the Japanese youth employment: Importance of workplace mental health support

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Hanna
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-23T22:56:02Z
dc.date.available2024-07-23T22:56:02Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractMental health related issues and disorders have always been a sensitive and hindered topic that create tension in our society. During the past few years, the public has gradually shown concern and attention to how mental health illness could strongly affect our daily activities. Inherited from the Confucius mindset, in most Asian countries, including Japan, it is important to act collectively and avoid showing one’s opinions to avoid standing out. This phenomenon, therefore, took away people’s courage to seek help when it comes to their personal feelings. This paper discusses the correlation between workplace stress to mental health illness (especially from the young millennial perspective), the reason behind why culture and history aggravates and lengthens the process of resolving mental health issues in the Japanese workplace, and further suggests possible amendments companies, government, or third party could take. To gain an overview of the current work environment, survey is conducted with Canadian and Japanese new graduates and students to obtain qualitative information. Further discussion with Professor Robert Glenda from Waseda University, who has the research focus on the Japanese labour situation, was conducted to further elaborate the research outcome. By analyzing government regulations, company employee benefit policies, and appeal system, this research intends to reveal liabilities within each party. This paper recommends recovery, advocacy, and support actions that each party could take in the short-run and long-run to alleviate the issue.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduate
dc.identifier.citationChen, H. (2019). Mental health illness’ negative impact on the Japanese youth employment: Importance of workplace mental health support. Bachelor of Commerce Best Business Research Papers, 12, 7–17.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16849
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBachelor of Commerce Best Business Research Papers
dc.titleMental health illness’ negative impact on the Japanese youth employment: Importance of workplace mental health support
dc.typeArticle

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