The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the self-concept of college students majoring in beauty art on their creativity and career awareness. There is a trend that the number of high schools and colleges that offer beauty art educati...
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the self-concept of college students majoring in beauty art on their creativity and career awareness. There is a trend that the number of high schools and colleges that offer beauty art education is on the rise along with the quantitative growth of the beauty industry, but this industry is still confronted with manpower problem, and workers in the industry usually don't take their job seriously. Therefore it's meant in this study to discuss the importance of self-concept among beauty art majors and to boost their creative thinking and career awareness.
The subjects in this study were beauty art majors in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and North Jeolla Province. After a survey was conducted to find out the impact of their self-concept on creativity and career awareness, the answer sheets from 506 respondents were analyzed by a SPSS 17.0 program. The response rate stood at 84.3 percent. A reliability analysis was made to check the internal consistency of the variables, and a factor analysis was utilized to check their construct validity. The general characteristics of the students were investigated by obtaining statistical data on percentage and making a frequency analysis. Besides, regression analysis and T-test were carried out to look for any possible gaps in the influence of the variables, and two-way ANOVA was employed to look for any possible gaps among the variables. The major findings of the study were as follows:
First, concerning differences in career awareness according to self-concept, the dimension of achievement self had a significantly positive impact on career awareness(p<.001). That was negatively affected by career purposiveness that meant to make a career choice not by internal motivation but for employment or good prospects(ß=-.13, p<.01), and career barriers(ß=-.24, p<.001) exerted a negative influence on it as well.
Second, whether the self-concept of the beauty art majors made any differences to their creativity was checked, and self-concept was found to exert a statistically significantly positive influence on creativity (F=196.37, p<.001).
Third, whether the creativity of the beauty art majors made any differences to their career awareness was investigated, and creativity had a statistically significantly positive impact on career awareness(F=47.43, p<.001).
Fourth, as for the relationship of the interaction between self-concept and creativity to career awareness, the interaction between the two affected career barriers only in a significant manner(F=4.17, p<.05). The group that put higher value on achievement self was significantly different from the other that didn't in career awareness. The group that set higher value on their own imaginative thinking were relatively ahead of the other that didn't in career assurance(from a high of M=3.65 to a low of M=3.21) and career determination(from a high of M=3.53 to a low of 3.22). The group that prized their own divergent thinking better was relatively ahead of the other that didn't in career assurance(from a high of M=3.71 to a low of M=3.23) and career determination(from a high of M=3.67 to a low of 3.13). There were more career barriers(from a high of M=2.75 to a low of M=2.98) and stronger career purposiveness(from a high of M=2.61 to a low of M=2.84) in the latter than in the former. The group that had a higher opinion on their own social ego and imaginary thinking were relatively ahead of the other that didn't in career assurance(from a high of M=3.65 to a low of M=3.22) and career determination(from a high of M=3.54 to a low of M=3.22).
Fifth, whether the interaction between self-concept and general characteristics made any differences to career awareness was analyzed, and gender had a significant impact on career assurance(p<.05). Self-concept and academic year had an interaction effect on career barriers and career determination(p<.05), and self-concept and motivation of college choice had a significant interaction impact on career purposiveness(p<.01). In the group with better self-concept, the women (M=3.73) excelled the men in career assurance, but in the other group with worse self-concept, the men(M=3.48) outdid the women in that aspect. As for career barriers, the seniors(M=2.89) encountered more career barriers in the group with better self-concept, but in the other group with worse self-concept, the sophomores were confronted with more career barriers.
Sixth, whether the interaction between creativity and general characteristics made any differences to career awareness was checked, and there were statistically significant gaps just in career purposiveness (p<.05) according to gender. Concerning the impact of the interaction between creative thinking and each general characteristic on career awareness, the men(M=3.07) were ahead of the women in career purposiveness in the group with better creative thinking. In the other group with worse creative thinking, the women(M=2.80) were ahead of the men in that aspect.
Seventh, in regard to the relationship of the general characteristics to self-concept, creativity and career awareness, whether the motivation of college choice made any differences to self-concept was analyzed, and statistically significant gaps were found in achievement self according to that(F=4.08, p<.01). Specifically, the motivation of college choice was most related to their experiences at beauty art academies(M=3.77). As to differences in creativity by academic year, there were statistically significant gaps only in imagination according to that(F=3.02, p<.05). The seniors(M=3.59) were most imaginative, followed by the juniors(M=3.37), sophomores(M=3.35) and freshmen(M=3.26). Thus, the students whose academic year was higher were more imaginative. Whether their creativity varied with a post-college career plan was analyzed, and those who were going to keep studying their current major field of study at graduate school(M=3.57) were most imaginative. Those who were going to go to graduate school(M=4.02) were the best in terms of divergent thinking as well. Whether their creativity varied with the degree of difficulty of major was checked, and there was a difference only in imagination according to that(F=4.97, p<.01). Whether their academic year made any differences to career awareness was investigated, and statistically significant gaps were found in career assurance according to that(F=2.61, p<.05). In particular, the seniors(M=3.66) excelled the others in that aspect, which showed that a higher academic year led to more career assurance. Whether the motivation of college choice made any differences to career awareness was analyzed, and career assurance was most bound up with their experiences at beauty art academies(M=3.57). Whether their career awareness differed with a post-college career plan was checked, and those who didn't ever think of it(M=3.17) faced the most career barriers(F=5.52, p<.001). The students who were going to keep studying their major field of study at graduate school(M=3.72) were the best in terms of career assurance, and those students(M=3.72) were the best in terms of career determination as well.
This study attempted to find out the correlation of the self-concept of beauty art majors to their creativity and career awareness, and self-concept was identified as one of the variables to affect creativity and career awareness in a significant manner. Creativity and career awareness were significantly linked to each other and varied with general characteristics. The findings of the study suggested that a positive view of beauty art and confidence were two primary variables to design one's future. Therefore beauty art majors should wake up to the importance of the right self-concept, and beauty art education should be conducted to improve their creative thinking and career awareness.