数字は省くが、仕事に生きがいを持っていた人のほうが、そうでない人より定年後の社会活動にもずっと生きがいを感じているという内容で、要するに、会社人間ほど定年後も意欲的という分析だ。

Leaving aside the figures, the survey showed that people who had found a sense of purpose in their work were much more likely than those who had not to find purpose in social activities after retirement; in short, the analysis suggested that the more someone had been a “company person,” the more active they tended to be after retirement.

これなどは極端なケースだとしても、＜「会社」のために頑張る価値観は、「社会」のために頑張る価値観と合致するかもしれない＞と分析される先の調査結果などは、会社人間の「その後」に②新しい視点をもたらすものだろう。

Even if such a case is extreme, the survey findings discussed above—analyzed as suggesting that <“the values that make it worthwhile to work hard for one's ‘company’ may coincide with the values that make it worthwhile to work hard for ‘society’”>—may provide ② a new perspective on what happens “afterward” to people who have lived as company men.

「女房が出掛けようとすると、ワシも行くと言うもんやから、すっかり嫌がられてるよ」。

“Whenever my wife is about to go out, I say I'm coming too, so now she's completely fed up with me.”

「女房が出掛けようとすると、ワシも行くと言うもんやから、すっかり嫌がられてるよ」。

“Whenever my wife is about to go out, I say I'm coming too, so now she's completely fed up with me.”

彼らの社会活動の生きがいは、交友関係の広がりによって生まれているようで、植木職人になったり、NPOやボランティア、地域活動に携わっている元銀行員をはじめ、多種多様なケースがいろいろ紹介されている。

Their sense of purpose in social activities seems to arise from expanding their personal relationships, and the book introduces a wide variety of cases, including former bank employees who became gardeners or became involved in NPOs, volunteer work, and community activities.

彼らの社会活動の生きがいは、交友関係の広がりによって生まれているようで、植木職人になったり、NPOやボランティア、地域活動に携わっている元銀行員をはじめ、多種多様なケースがいろいろ紹介されている。

Their sense of purpose in social activities seems to arise from expanding their personal relationships, and the book introduces a wide variety of cases, including former bank employees who became gardeners or became involved in NPOs, volunteer work, and community activities.

これなどは極端なケースだとしても、＜「会社」のために頑張る価値観は、「社会」のために頑張る価値観と合致するかもしれない＞と分析される先の調査結果などは、会社人間の「その後」に②新しい視点をもたらすものだろう。

Even if such a case is extreme, the survey findings discussed above—analyzed as suggesting that <“the values that make it worthwhile to work hard for one's ‘company’ may coincide with the values that make it worthwhile to work hard for ‘society’”>—may provide ② a new perspective on what happens “afterward” to people who have lived as company men.

定年に備えた企業の研修資料に＜「自分」―「仕事」=?＞とあるのを見て、会社一筋に働いてきた人には厳しい設問だなあ、と思ったことがある。

Once, in company training materials designed to prepare employees for retirement, I saw the question <“Self” − “Work” = ? > and thought that it was a harsh question for people who had devoted their entire working lives to their companies.

定年に備えた企業の研修資料に＜「自分」―「仕事」=?＞とあるのを見て、会社一筋に働いてきた人には厳しい設問だなあ、と思ったことがある。

Once, in company training materials designed to prepare employees for retirement, I saw the question <“Self” − “Work” = ? > and thought that it was a harsh question for people who had devoted their entire working lives to their companies.

こういう定年亭主を「恐怖のワシも族」と言うのだそうだが、今やさぞかし①「ワシも族」がはびこっていることだろうと思いきや、ニッセイ基礎研究所の「定年前・定年後」という本にこんな調査結果が収められていた。

Such retired husbands are apparently called the frightening “‘Me too’ tribe,” and I assumed that ① this “‘Me too’ tribe” must now be rampant, but a book titled “Before and After Retirement” by the NLI Research Institute contained the following survey results.

こういう定年亭主を「恐怖のワシも族」と言うのだそうだが、今やさぞかし①「ワシも族」がはびこっていることだろうと思いきや、ニッセイ基礎研究所の「定年前・定年後」という本にこんな調査結果が収められていた。

Such retired husbands are apparently called the frightening “‘Me too’ tribe,” and I assumed that ① this “‘Me too’ tribe” must now be rampant, but a book titled “Before and After Retirement” by the NLI Research Institute contained the following survey results.

数字は省くが、仕事に生きがいを持っていた人のほうが、そうでない人より定年後の社会活動にもずっと生きがいを感じているという内容で、要するに、会社人間ほど定年後も意欲的という分析だ。

Leaving aside the figures, the survey showed that people who had found a sense of purpose in their work were much more likely than those who had not to find purpose in social activities after retirement; in short, the analysis suggested that the more someone had been a “company person,” the more active they tended to be after retirement.

彼らの社会活動の生きがいは、交友関係の広がりによって生まれているようで、植木職人になったり、NPOやボランティア、地域活動に携わっている元銀行員をはじめ、多種多様なケースがいろいろ紹介されている。

Their sense of purpose in social activities seems to arise from expanding their personal relationships, and the book introduces a wide variety of cases, including former bank employees who became gardeners or became involved in NPOs, volunteer work, and community activities.

以前、あれは有力銀行の支店長であったか、定年退職した途端、年賀状も激減するなど一変した状況に喪失感を覚え、自ら命を絶ったという話を聞いたことがある。

I once heard of a man—if I remember correctly, he had been a branch manager at a major bank—who, immediately after retirement, felt a profound sense of loss as his circumstances changed drastically, with even the number of New Year's cards he received dropping sharply, and ultimately took his own life.

これなどは極端なケースだとしても、＜「会社」のために頑張る価値観は、「社会」のために頑張る価値観と合致するかもしれない＞と分析される先の調査結果などは、会社人間の「その後」に②新しい視点をもたらすものだろう。

Even if such a case is extreme, the survey findings discussed above—analyzed as suggesting that <“the values that make it worthwhile to work hard for one's ‘company’ may coincide with the values that make it worthwhile to work hard for ‘society’”>—may provide ② a new perspective on what happens “afterward” to people who have lived as company men.

定年に備えた企業の研修資料に＜「自分」―「仕事」=?＞とあるのを見て、会社一筋に働いてきた人には厳しい設問だなあ、と思ったことがある。

Once, in company training materials designed to prepare employees for retirement, I saw the question <“Self” − “Work” = ? > and thought that it was a harsh question for people who had devoted their entire working lives to their companies.

定年に備えた企業の研修資料に＜「自分」―「仕事」=?＞とあるのを見て、会社一筋に働いてきた人には厳しい設問だなあ、と思ったことがある。

Once, in company training materials designed to prepare employees for retirement, I saw the question <“Self” − “Work” = ? > and thought that it was a harsh question for people who had devoted their entire working lives to their companies.

こういう定年亭主を「恐怖のワシも族」と言うのだそうだが、今やさぞかし①「ワシも族」がはびこっていることだろうと思いきや、ニッセイ基礎研究所の「定年前・定年後」という本にこんな調査結果が収められていた。

Such retired husbands are apparently called the frightening “‘Me too’ tribe,” and I assumed that ① this “‘Me too’ tribe” must now be rampant, but a book titled “Before and After Retirement” by the NLI Research Institute contained the following survey results.

こういう定年亭主を「恐怖のワシも族」と言うのだそうだが、今やさぞかし①「ワシも族」がはびこっていることだろうと思いきや、ニッセイ基礎研究所の「定年前・定年後」という本にこんな調査結果が収められていた。

Such retired husbands are apparently called the frightening “‘Me too’ tribe,” and I assumed that ① this “‘Me too’ tribe” must now be rampant, but a book titled “Before and After Retirement” by the NLI Research Institute contained the following survey results.

数字は省くが、仕事に生きがいを持っていた人のほうが、そうでない人より定年後の社会活動にもずっと生きがいを感じているという内容で、要するに、会社人間ほど定年後も意欲的という分析だ。

Leaving aside the figures, the survey showed that people who had found a sense of purpose in their work were much more likely than those who had not to find purpose in social activities after retirement; in short, the analysis suggested that the more someone had been a “company person,” the more active they tended to be after retirement.

彼らの社会活動の生きがいは、交友関係の広がりによって生まれているようで、植木職人になったり、NPOやボランティア、地域活動に携わっている元銀行員をはじめ、多種多様なケースがいろいろ紹介されている。

Their sense of purpose in social activities seems to arise from expanding their personal relationships, and the book introduces a wide variety of cases, including former bank employees who became gardeners or became involved in NPOs, volunteer work, and community activities.