title: Organizational climate with gender equity and burnout among university academics in Japan.
abstract: We investigated relationships between the perception of organizational climate with gender equity and psychological health among 94 women and 211 men in a Japanese private university in 2015 using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (i.e., personal, work-related and student-related burnout). Perceptions of organizational climate with respect to gender equity were measured with two scales including organizational engagement with a gender equal society in the workplace (consisting of three domains of 'Women utilization', 'Organizational promotion of gender equal society' and 'Consultation service'); and a gender inequality in academia scale that had been previously developed. Multivariable linear models demonstrated significant statistical interactions between gender and perceptions of organizational climate; 'Women utilization' or lack of 'Inequality in academia' alleviated burnout only in women. In consequence of this gender difference, when 'Women utilization' was at a lower level, both personal (p=.038) and work-related (p=.010) burnout scores were higher in women, and the student-related burnout score was lower in women when they perceived less inequality in academia than in men (p=.030). As such, it is suggested organizational fairness for gender equity may be a useful tool to help mitigate psychological burnout among women in academia.
authors.affiliation: Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taka
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Saki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takemoto
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takenoshita
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Haruko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hiraike
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okinaga
authors.forename: Derek R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012737:Sex Factors; D063507:Sexism / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology