HARA, Keiko

Title Associate Professor
Email hara.keiko.fw#@#u.tsukuba.ac.jp  (please replace #@# with @)
URL https://www.human.tsukuba.ac.jp/counseling/t-one-lab/
Degree Ph. D. (Counseling Science)
Division Career psychology,Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Research Field Psychology
Undergraduate Program
Graduate School Program (Main) Counseling (Master's Program)
Graduate School Program (Sub)
Research Themes

Professional development of career counselors and professionals
Psychology and behavior of workers

Publications/Major Achievements
  • Hara Keiko, Yasuko Shimizu, Satoshi Yorifuji, Hiroyuki Shodoji, Masaki Okada (2023) The process of changing attitudes and behaviors among female officers in a labor union through their decision to accept a position and their experience as a labor union officer The Japanese Journal of Career Counseling, 24(2), 13-23.
  • Otsuka Yasumasa, Sagisaka Yukiko, Nakamura Junko, Hara Keiko et.al (2023) Happiness Detected by the Emotion Cognition System Is Associated with Burnout in an Information Technology Products and Services Trading Company International journal of environmental research and public health/20(3).
  • Hara Keiko, Satoshi Yorifuji, Yasuko Shimizu, Hiroyuki Shodoji, Masaki Okada (2022) The process of the change of consciousness and behavior through the experiences of full-time officers in a company-based labor union The Japanese Journal of Career Counseling, 24(1), 13-24.
  • Tomomi Maeda, Keiko Hara, Masaki Okada (2021) An Exploratory Study on the Process of Changing the Role Consciousness and Behavior of Career Consultants in Promoting Career Support within the Organization The Japanese Journal of Career Counseling, 23(1), 1-10.
  • Seiki Nakamaru, Keiko Hara, Yasumasa Otsuka (2021) A Study on the Psychology Process of the Japanese Employee who chose the Present Post Maintenance under the Downsizing of the Foreign Company The Japanese Industrial Counseling, 22(2), 39-54.
  • Keiko Hara, Yasutoshi Horiuchi, Masaki Okada, Satoshi Yorifuji, Yasuko Shimizu, Hiroyuki Shodoji (2020) Vocational Development Process through Balancing Duties and Union Activities in the Part-time Operating Officer The Japanese Industrial Counseling, 22(1), 1-14.
  • Career Counseling Essentials 400 (Kongo Shuppan, 2021), Shared writing.
  • Counseling for Workplace Use (Seishin Shobo, 2019), Shared authorship.
  • Lifelong Developmental Psychology of Working People: Career Research by M-GTA, Vol.1-3 (2017.2021.2022), Co-author.
  • Career Psychology Life Design Workbook” (Nakanishiya Shuppan, 2018), Co-author.
Scientific Membership

Japanese Association of Career Counseling
Japanese Psychological Association
Japanese Association of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Career Design Institute-Japan
Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology
Japanese Society for Psychotherapy Integration
National Career Development Association

Social and Outreach Activity

Japanese Association of Career Counseling auditor
Japanese Psychological Association Board of Directors

Related Links

Research & Development Centers(Headquarters for International Industry-University Collaboration University of Tsukuba)
https://trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/researcher/0000004199 (Univ. of Tsukuba Researchers Information)