자아존중감, 탐색행위 불안과 직무탐색간의 구조적 관계에 관한 연구 -환대산업 경영관련 전공 학생을 중심으로-

This study aims to provide insight into the predictor variables of hospitality students’ career exploration behaviorsso as to suggest how to direct them toward practical career. Focused on their individual dimensions, this studyinitially investigated whether their self-esteem explains the variance of contextual anxiety and career explorationbehaviors. This study also examined whether contextual anxiety was a negative or positive predictor of careerexploration. Finally, it intended to address whether all the relationships can be explained in a structural model. Thesenior college students majoring in hospitality were surveyed and a total of 277 cases out of 300 cases wereanalyzed employing descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance, and structural equation modeling(SEM). The study found that self-esteem negatively influenced contextual anxiety. Self-esteem facilitated hospitalitystudents’ career exploration. Self exploration was specifically driven higher than environmental exploration byself-esteem. Finally, self exploration was negatively influenced by exploratory stress while environmental explorationwas negatively influenced by decisional stress. The findings suggest that fundamental motivators of careerexploration need to be programmed for hospitality students with the directions of clear goal-setting. The paper alsorecommends that universities to coach their students’ career development and enhance life skills.