睡眠不足と職場での対立(Poor sleep and strife)

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2026-10-07 ジョンズ・ホプキンス大学(JHU)

米ジョンズ・ホプキンス大学などの研究チームは、睡眠不足が職場での対人葛藤、とりわけ上司など高位の相手との衝突を増加させることを明らかにした。米陸軍兵士を対象とした主要研究では、睡眠問題が多いほど全般的に日々の葛藤が増えたが、その増加は同僚や部下よりも高位者との間で特に顕著だった。追加研究・分析から、この関係には自己制御能力の低下が関与すると考えられた。睡眠不足によって敵意のある反応や口論を抑え、職場の規範に従う能力が弱まるためである。研究者は、職場の睡眠環境を改善し、過度な業務負荷を避けることが、葛藤、離職、仕事満足度、チーム環境などの悪化を防ぐ可能性を指摘している。

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睡眠と争い:組織階層内の対立に対する睡眠の影響 Sleep and Strife: The Effects of Sleep on Conflict within Organizational Hierarchy

Brian C. Gunia, Paul D. Bliese and Amy B. Adler
Academy of Management Discoveries  Published:10 Aug 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2026.0031

Abstract

Interpersonal conflict adversely impacts organizations, and psychological research suggests a possible antecedent over which organizations may have leverage: employee sleep. However, no known research has examined the link between sleep and conflict in organizations—a context that differs from prior research due to the existence of hierarchy. We set out to examine how organizational hierarchy might influence a potential relationship between sleep and interpersonal conflict in organizations, with several research streams prompting us to posit that individuals experiencing sleep problems would lash out at others, particularly those of lower rank. Thus, we were surprised by the results of our study in the U.S. Army, which showed that soldiers’ sleep problems most strongly predicted conflict with higher-rank individuals. A series of subsequent studies and analyses replicated and clarified this phenomenon, culminating in a plausible explanation: Relationships with higher-rank individuals may involve greater normative constraint and thus require more self-control, but sleep problems compromise people’s self-control. This discovery and explanation hold important theoretical and practical implications such as the idea that sleep problems may loosen the influence of strong organizational norms that individuals typically face pressure to reject (e.g., against conflict with higher-rank colleagues).

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