世論 What Japan Thinks

Sanno Institute of Management, a private university in Japan, recently conducted a survey looking at people entering employment in 2013 and their workplace life, with the report on japan.internet.com choosing to focus on SNS activities.

Demographics

500 new starts who attended a Sanno Management School Entering the Workplace Seminar held between the 27th of March and the 10th of April were asked to fill out a questionnaire. 463 people supplied valid answers, from which 324 people, or 70.0%, were male.

I use an SNS every day, and if I got a friend request on Facebook from my boss I wouldn’t be too bothered as I use Facebook for little more than food pictures.

Research results

Q1: How often do you use an SNS? (Sample size=463)

	This year	Last year
Every day	66.4%	58.8%
Few times a week	14.2%	13.9%
Few times a month	3.7%	3.3%
Very rarely	8.3%	10.9%
Haven’t even registered	7.4%	13.1%

Q2: How would you feel if you were to get a friend request from your boss? (Sample size=463)

	All	Male N=324	Female N=139
Happy to receive	20.4%	23.5%	13.4%
Hate to receive	42.8%	35.4%	59.8%
Neither	36.8%	41.2%	26.8%