The study on the influence of working type participants cultural experience at working holiday in Japan

• Main Authors: Chang Pei-Hsuan, 張珮萱
• Other Authors: Li Ching
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97985436903035173020

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 運動與休閒管理研究所 === 99 === It is legal to have part-time job to earn traveling expenses in other countries because of working holiday visa.Working holiday became popular among the youth who wanted to travel but lack of money. The purposes of this study were to understand the characteristics, working type, to analyze the cultural experience, to explore the influence of working type on the cultural experience at working holiday in Japan. This study applied the interview with the subjects had been involved in working holiday in Japan and returned Taiwan in March and April 2011. The results showed that the type of work about working holiday in Japan included waiters in restaurants and housekeepers in hotels. Working hour was from 5 to 10 hours, the salary was from 650 to 1100 yen. The physiological aspect of cultural experience in Japan was relaxation. The psychological aspect of cultural experience in Japan was to eliminate stress, to create memories, and self-realization. The social aspect of cultural experience in Japan was to increase knowledge, to learn new things, and to make new friends. The influence of working type on cultural experience included to understand different tones and dialects in the different working areas, the different contents of the work caused the impact of communication. The findings might provide some advices to people who want to go working holiday in Japan. Before you go to Japan to work,you have to know that working is not only a part of working holiday but also can obtain the cultural experience from it. However, working attitude is very important to Japanese, therefore the study suggested participants should take good working attitude during working holiday in Japan.