職場におけるメンタルヘルス開示後のワークアウトカム:上司の反応の重要な影響
Ivan Volkov1, Dianne M Sheppard2,3, Andrea Kirk-Brown4
1SuperFriend, Level 2, 157 Spring Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. ivan.volkov@superfriend.com.au.
Journal of occupational rehabilitation
|December 12, 2025
まとめ
メンタルヘルス開示に対する上司の反応は、従業員の仕事能力と残留意向に大きく影響する。肯定的な開示経験は、幸福感を高め、職場での汚名を減らす。
科学分野:
- 労働衛生心理学
- 職場メンタルヘルス
- 従業員の幸福感
背景:
- 職場でのメンタルヘルスの開示は、機会とリスクの両方をもたらします。
- 開示経験と従業員の仕事の成果との関連に関する研究は限られています。
- メンタルヘルスの状態にある従業員をサポートするためには、上司の反応を理解することが重要です。
研究 の 目的:
- メンタルヘルス開示中の従業員経験と上司への開示、および仕事の成果との関連を調査すること。
- 開示経験と仕事能力、残留意向、認識されているメンタルヘルスへの汚名との関係を調査すること。
- オーストラリアの労働者のサンプル内でこれらの関連を分析すること。
主な方法:
- 322人のオーストラリアの従業員からの横断的調査データを利用した混合アプローチ。
- 上司の反応(肯定的/否定的)を分類するための自由回答形式の回答の定性的分析。
- 従業員の仕事の成果と上司の反応との関連を評価するための定量的分析。
主要な成果:
- 肯定的な開示経験(懸念、共感など)は、否定的な経験(判断など)よりも一般的でした。
- 肯定的な上司の反応は、仕事能力と残留意向の高さと有意に関連していました。
- 肯定的な経験は、認識されているメンタルヘルスへの汚名の低下とも相関していました。
結論:
- メンタルヘルス開示に対する上司の反応は、従業員の仕事能力、残留意向、および汚名への認識に大きく影響します。
- 肯定的な開示経験は、従業員の成果と幸福感の向上と関連しています。
- 上司に適切な対応についてトレーニングすることで、より安全な開示環境を育み、職場での汚名を減らすことができます。
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