Kashima Ryohei, Takahashi Masaya
Social Science and Occupational Health Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Nagao 6-21-1, Tama-Ku, Kawasaki, 214-8585, Japan.
Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2025 Jan;98(1):79-98. doi: 10.1007/s00420-024-02113-8. Epub 2024 Dec 27.
We estimated the static and dynamic effects of promotion to managerial positions on mental health and satisfaction using the recent estimation method; we addressed the gap in extant research by considering the heterogeneity in treatment timing to reconfirm evidence regarding the causal effects of promotion.
We used a modified estimation method of two-way fixed effects recommended by (Callaway and Sant'Anna, J Econom 225:200-230, 2021). To check for robustness, we compared the analyses using propensity sample matching, an alternative treatment timing heterogeneity-robust analysis, and a normal two-way fixed effects event study. We used four years of complete panel data on a sample of 1454 Japanese males (5816 overall).
The results indicated that becoming a manager worsened mental health with a two-year lag. We tested the effects of promotion to managerial positions on variables shown in previous studies to have negative effects on mental health (e.g., increased working hours) and positive effects (e.g., increased job role clarity) as outcomes to explore the mechanisms. Some of both variables indicate statistical significance. These results were robust.
The promotion to managerial positions deteriorated mental health with a two-year lag. Promotion to managerial positions exhibited both positive and negative effects. The findings have potential implications for firms' human resources allocation.
我们使用最新的估计方法评估晋升到管理职位对心理健康和满意度的静态和动态影响；我们通过考虑治疗时间的异质性来解决现有研究中的差距，以再次确认有关晋升因果效应的证据。
我们使用了（卡拉威和圣安娜，《计量经济学杂志》225:200 - 230，2021）推荐的双向固定效应的改进估计方法。为了检验稳健性，我们比较了使用倾向样本匹配、另一种治疗时间异质性稳健分析和常规双向固定效应事件研究的分析。我们使用了对1454名日本男性（总共5816人）样本的四年完整面板数据。
结果表明，成为经理会在两年后使心理健康恶化。我们测试了晋升到管理职位对先前研究中显示对心理健康有负面影响（例如工作时间增加）和正面影响（例如工作角色清晰度提高）的变量的影响，以此作为探索机制的结果。这两类变量中的一些显示出统计学意义。这些结果是稳健的。
晋升到管理职位会在两年后使心理健康恶化。晋升到管理职位表现出了正面和负面的影响。这些发现对公司的人力资源配置具有潜在的启示意义。
