RT Article
T1 The roots of stress-death and juvenile delinquency in Japan: Disciplinary ambivalence and perceived locus of control
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 13
IS 7
SP 507
OP 522
A1 Tubbs, Walter
LA English
YR 1994
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785605402
AB Japan is ordinarily thought of as a country noted for its lack of violent crime and the general safety of its citizens. But there is now widespread incidence, almost an epidemic, of bullying (ijime), student violence against other students, and against teachers, juvenile delinquency, violence in the home, and a growing rate of absenteeism and youth suicide for reasons related to the larger problem. Another issue, which has heretofore not been connected to the anti-social behavior of Japanese youth, iskaroushi, usually translated as “sudden death from overwork,” and it is my contention that they share the same roots: the failure to learn self-control, and the perception that the locus of control is external., It is the tentative thesis of this essay that, on the one hand, Japanese society in general places too much emphasis onexternal locus of control (rules, regulations, authority figures), and that, on the other hand, individual parents — through such things as over-indulgence — do not teach their children sufficientself-(internal) control. In this essay I present the concept of perceived locus of control as it relates to various aspects of personality and development, and therefore to the problems of anti-social behavior and the meaning of work.
K1 Violent Crime
K1 Japanese Society
K1 Sudden Death
K1 Economic Growth
K1 Japan
DO 10.1007/BF00881296