The beauty industry is a representative service industry in which employees face directly with customers. Increasing the job satisfaction of employees and reducing job stress are important factors in improving the growth and service quality of cosmeti...
The beauty industry is a representative service industry in which employees face directly with customers. Increasing the job satisfaction of employees and reducing job stress are important factors in improving the growth and service quality of cosmetic industry and customer satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to provide basic data that will help improve the job development and job satisfaction of beauty workers in the future, through analyze empirically the relationship between leisure activities and intimacy between employees and job satisfaction on job satisfaction and job stress. So we focused on suggesting ways to improve job satisfaction and relieve job stress of beauty worker through utilization of leisure time and intimate ties between employees.
including the preliminary survey, for men and women working in beauty shops in Seoul and Gyeonggi area. A total of 430 copies of the questionnaires were distributed and 401 copies were collected. Of these, 390 copies were used as the final analysis, excluding 11 copies of the questionnaires that were considered insufficient for analysis. The collected data were analyzed by frequency, factor analysis, reliability analysis and multiple regression analysis using SPSS 22.0 statistical program.
The results of this study are as follows.
First, the demographic characteristics of the subjects were as follows. The most significant characteristics were female, age of 20, graduation from university (including current students), and beauty experience from one year to five years, the average income per month was more than 1 million won and less than 2 million won, position was internship, and the beauty salon type was the franchise beauty salon, the working hours were from 8 hours to less than 10 hours, day off holidays were 8 day over.
Second, as a result of analyzing the actual condition of leisure activity, there were movie / theater / museum / exhibition viewing as types of leisure activity and lack of time was the highest factor for inhibiting leisure activity. The highest level of who with doing the leisure activities were friends (opposite sex, same sex), and for spending free time during work, using mobile phone, internet, and watching TV were the highest level.
Third, the levels of leisure activities were four factors of leisure recognition, leisure disturbance, self-development, and emotional stability. The level of intimacy between employees showed intimacy formation and intimacy expansion. The level of job satisfaction showed work satisdaction, pay level satisfaction, interpersonal relationship satisfaction, and work environment satisfaction. The levels of job stress were two factors: relationship / work stress and promotion / policy stress.
Fourth, as a result of studying the effects of leisure activity on job satisfaction of beauty workers, it was found that as leisure recognition, self-development, and emotional stability increased, as the satisfaction level of beauty worker increased, and as leisure recognition and emotional stability increased, as the satisfaction of interpersonal relationship in the work environment of the cosmetic worker increased. As leisure recognition and self-development increased, satisfaction with workplace environment also increased.
Fifth, we examined the effect of intimacy between employees on job satisfaction. As a result, we found that intimacy of beauty workers is well formed, interactions are active in the workplace and outside, and as the faith and dependence on each other increases, satisfaction with pay levels and job, and interpersonal satisfaction also increased. Also, as the intimacy between beauty workers increased, satisfaction with work environment also increased.
Sixth, as a result of studying the effects of leisure activities on job stress, interpersonal relationship and work stress were lowered with higher leisure perception, and interpersonal relationship and work stress increased with higher leisure interventions. Also, as leisure and self-development increased, promotion and policy stress decreased. On the contrary, promotion and policy stress increased with increasing leisure intervention.
Seventh, as a result of studying the effect of intimacy on job stress, it is found that the intimacy formation in the workplace is important because the intimacy between beauty workers decreases the stress on the work in the workplace and the interpersonal stress.
Based on the above findings, it can be seen that raising awareness of leisure is an important issue in improving job satisfaction and pay satisfaction, positively affecting interpersonal relationships, and reducing job, promotion, and policy stress. Also, there is a need to reduce the workload of beauty workers who are burdened with heavy work, to solve the physical fatigue and lack of time of beauty workers, and to provide good conditions for leisure activities. In order to increase the satisfaction of the beuty workers and to relieve the stress of the worker, it is necessary to raise the intimacy between the employees and to make efforts to practice leisure activities and self-development constantly. And it is considered that the interactions among the employees should be sufficiently performed during the service.