[Factors of professional caregivers' intention to work: A qualitative study].

Objectives　The shortage of professional caregivers is a critical issue in care facilities, which are a key social resource in the community-based integrated care system for Japan's super-aging society. However, professional caregivers report a high intention to continue working. This study aims to reveal the factors surrounding working intentions among professional caregivers, from a positive perspective, using a qualitative design.

Factors associated with the intention to leave among newly graduated nurses in advanced-treatment hospitals in Japan.

Aim: The early resignation of newly graduated nurses (NGNs) will become a concern in Japan as the need for nurses increases. The aim of this study was to conduct an investigation using the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) questionnaire to examine the effect of stressful experiences in the work environment and over-commitment on NGNs' intention to leave and to identify the factors that were associated with their intention to leave, clarifying the appropriate times at which to conduct interventions to prevent NGNs from leaving advanced-treatment hospitals.

Methods: Anonymous self-administered questionnaires were distributed to all the NGNs (n = 1364) in 14 advanced-treatment university hospitals.

Temperament and melancholic type: path analysis of a prospective study of depressive mood change in a nonclinical population.

Background: Recent studies suggest that mood-disorder-related personality traits predict depressive mood changes (DMC) in nonclinical populations.

Sampling And Methods: In this study we examined the predictability of DMC in a nonclinical sample consisting of 351 Japanese company employees, with temperament and melancholic type personality as measured by the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego and the Munich Personality Test. We also analyzed the mediating roles of dysfunctional attitudes and coping styles.

The effect of micro and macro stressors in the work environment on computer professionals' subjective health status and productive behavior in Japan.

To investigate the effect of micro and macro stressors in the work environment on the subjective health status and productive behavior of computer professionals, we conducted a web-based investigation with Japanese IT-related company employees in 53 company unions. The questionnaire consisted of individual attributes, employment characteristics, working hour characteristics, company size and profitability, personal characteristics (i.e.

[The effect of perceived work and organizational chracteristics on psychological distress and intention to quit of information technology professionals].

Purpose: The information technology (IT) and service industry in Japan is known to have many work-related stressors, and requires more effective stress reduction to control an elevated turnover rate and adverse health effects. However, little research has been performed using either individual or organizational outcomes (e.g.