Too Tired to Learn: Exploring the Stress of Inter-role Conflict Among Indonesian Working Students in Nihongo Gakko

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10.2991/978-94-6463-918-6_20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Indonesian students; international students in Japan; part-time jobs; role stress; inter-role conflict

Abstract

International students in Japan have become a key human resource to strengthen the labor force through part-time work. Studies found that international students who excessively dedicate their time to part-time jobs face negative consequences like declining academic performance, mental strain, stress, and exhaustion. This especially happens to privately-financed international students in nihongo gakko (“Japanese language school”). Inter-role conflict, a type of role stress that may arise when expectations of being a student clash with the demands of being a part-time worker. This study aims to explore the inter-role conflict experienced by Indonesian working students in nihongo gakko as they balance their roles as students and part-time workers. Semi-structured interviews with four Indonesian students (aged 19–24) showed that the students’ stressors are mostly originated from time-based conflicts, financial burden, and working conditions that eventually resulted in insufficient rest, fatigue, demotivation, declining academic performance including the insufficient preparation for exams (JLPT).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rahmasatiti Laksmi Paramastri
AU  - Kurniawaty Iskandar
AU  - Husnul Fitri
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/16
TI  - Too Tired to Learn: Exploring the Stress of Inter-role Conflict Among Indonesian Working Students in Nihongo Gakko
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies 2025 ((ICSGS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 298
EP  - 308
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-918-6_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-918-6_20
ID  - Paramastri2025
ER  -