日本で就労した中国人元留学生の職場及び生活環境に関する研究 ―他国出身者との比較、理工系と文系の比較から

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This paper compares Chinese graduates from Japanese universities with the other country graduates and also compares Chinese graduates who majored in science & engineering with those who majored in humanities & social sciences in terms of employment, working and living environment in Japan based on questionnaire surveys and interviews. Through this process, this paper aims to draw implications which will facilitate their settlement and contribution to their workplaces.

As the result of the survey, Chinese graduates show stronger tendency to seek employment related to their mother country than the graduates of other countries. They tend to have stronger discontent with promotion and feel less support as foreigners than the graduates of other countries. The Chinese graduates who majored in science & engineering tend to work for a larger scale companies, receive a higher salary and get more support than those who majored in social science and humanities.

As the result of multiple regression analysis, setting their perception of work suitability as objective variable and their evaluation of various elements of working environment as explanatory variables, it was found out that among the Chinese graduates working in Japanese companies, the utilization of their expertise and Japanese language ability are the strongest elements to explain the work suitability while the consideration as foreigners, clarity of role & responsibility and not too strict work requirement are more important explanatory factors among the graduates of other countries. It is a good contrast that requirement of Japanese language ability and high work requirement are positive explanatory valuables for the Chinese graduates and negative explanatory variables for the other country graduates, implying that Chinese graduates have a higher adaptability to Japanese companies than the other country graduates. Among the Chinese graduates who majored in humanities and social sciences, the utilization of Japanese language ability is a positive explanatory valuable for the work suitability, reflecting their willingness to use their Japanese ability as their advantage.

The understanding of the above mentioned characteristics of Chinese graduates will lead to create an environment which will promote their settlement in Japan.