【Skill 2】Understand that what has an impact and what is impacted as well as the kind of impact is clarified from expressions such as は, に and 正の (positive) before 影響 (impact)
The following expression shows that one thing has an impact on another.
■ 影響 (impact)
は and に appear before 影響 (impact). What appears before は is what has an impact. What appears between は and に is what is impacted.
■ 育児休業制度は女性の雇用に負の影響を与える (Parental leave systems have a negative impact on the employment of women)
If 正の (positive) appears before 影響 (impact), the impact between what has an impact and what is impacted is positive. If 負の (negative) appears before 影響 (impact), the impact is negative.
■ 職場状況要因は仕事満足感に正の影響を与える (Factors in the workplace situation have a postive impact on job satisfaction)
■ 育児休業制度は女性の雇用に負の影響を与える (Parental leave systems have a negative impact on the employment of women)