Talk: The Impact of the Japanese Employees’ Solution-focused Interactions on the Work Related Variables: Suggestions from Three Surveys.

Keita Kiuchi

In our research supported by an EBTA research grant in 2011, my colleagues and I developed a psychological major called the general solution-focused attitude scale (GSFAS) designed to assess workers’ solution-oriented cognitions and behaviors. We conducted three surveys using the GSFAS in Japan.

First, we surveyed employees in a Japanese restaurant chain and found that the regression model expressing the influence of solution-focused interactions on work engagement was statistically significant. In the second survey, municipal employees from a Japanese local government were examined. The results showed that the regression model of the workers’ solution-focused interactions significantly predicted their commitment to the workplace and their subjective evaluation of the department’s work performance. In the third survey, we studied the solution-focused attitudes of the employees working at a Japanese manufacturing company. The results revealed a significant relationship between the surveyed workers’ higher levels of solution-oriented attitudes, lower levels of work stress and workload, and higher levels of support from others.
In conclusion, the GSFAS can be a useful tool to evaluate the results of solution-focused practices and to determine employees’ relationships in a workplace.

Lecturer, Takasaki University of Commerce
Social security counselor specializing in work-related mental ilness, Tochigi Labor Department
School counselor, Kumagaya High School

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Measuring Positive Interactions at a Workplace: Developing the Bi-level Solution-focused Interaction Scale and Evaluating the Reliability and Validity, Brief Psychotherapy Research. [In Japanese]
Possibility of Coaching Adult Developmental Disorders As a Bridge Between Higher Education and Employment, Dialogue and Communication Research. [In Japanese]
Sensitivity of the General Solution-Focused Attitude Scale (GSFAS) to Assess the Direct Effect of a Solution-focused Intervention at a Workplace, Kiuchi, K. & Aoki, Y., conference paper of the 4th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, p.35, 2014.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy as a Third Wave of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, REBT Research. [In Japanese]
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Rational Coaching of University Volleyball Players, REBT Research. [In Japanese]

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