2025 年 38 巻 p. 56-63
In recent years, how to has developed measures to mental health of employees is a major challenge for enterprises. It is important to take organizational characteristics into account when people adopt measures to manage stress in the workplace. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of characteristics of organizational culture on “Sence of Coherence” (SOC) and Depression. Data from 654 respondents who were full-time, white-collar workers were used. Descriptive statistics of the scale scores of the data were calculated to check for differences in means by gender. Next, we conducted a correlation analysis between SOC and depression, gender, and organizational culture characteristics. Finally, multiple regression analysis (stepwise method) was performed. The results indicated that women were more likely to be depressed by gender and those with higher market culture were also more likely to be depressed; those with higher SOC and those with higher clan culture were less likely to be depressed; and those with higher SOC and those with higher clan culture were more likely to be depressed.