「働くこと」の意識についての研究の流れと今後の展望 : 日本人の職業観を求めて

Due to the change of the labor market, it is said that Japanese working consciousness has been changing. The purpose of this paper is to pursue the questing asking "What is the characteristic of Japanese working consci ousness". Firstly, the various words which have some relation to the word "working" were examined. It was found that the notion of working itself has been changing historically, and the word "working" has multifold meanings. Secondly, Japanese working consciousness was pictured based on the theoretical studies and research, and was also investigated from the aspect of its historical and international originality. Finally, the prospects of future studies on Japanese working consciousness were proposed