Organizational climate with gender equity and burnout among university academics in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 480-487

  Taka, Fumiaki ^a   Nomura, Kyoko ^b   Horie, Saki ^c   Takemoto, Keisuke ^d,e   Takeuchi, Masumi ^f   Takenoshita, Shinichi ^b   Murakami, Aya ^g   Hiraike, Haruko ^b   Okinaga, Hiroko ^b   Smith, Derek R ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f Founded by Cabinet Oice   (Japan)

^g TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Gender equality society; Organizational engagement; Psychological stress; Women scientist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; UNIVERSITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85005959316     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0126     Document Type: Article

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