미용전공 대학생의 봉사활동과 자아존중감 및 직업존중감의 관계연구

Relationship between Volunteer Work and Self-esteem and Job-esteem in Undergraduate Beauty Majors

This study aimed to provide basic data to guide volunteer work and career paths for students by understanding the degree and correlations of volunteer work, self-esteem and job-esteem, targeting 359 undergraduates majoring in beauty in Busan and the Gyeongnam region. The results of the study showed that, first, beauty major undergraduates mostly had experience in volunteering, and a lot of these opportunities were related to their major. The participants’ self-esteem showed an average of 3.55 points, which was the medium level, and their job-esteem was 3.12 points. Second, in the results of understanding the differences of self- esteem and job-esteem among this population in accordance with their general characteristics and volunteer work, in the case of a 2-year course, students with a high level of economy and school records, and the experience of volunteer work including beauty services showed a high self-esteem. In the case of the 2-year course, students with a medium level of economy and high level of school records showed high job-esteem. Third, beauty major undergraduate beauty volunteerism had a positive correlation with self-esteem while self-esteem had a positive correlation with job-esteem. Thus, it is necessary to raise the value of their self-worth and pride their jobs through student volunteer work related to their major.