This study aimed to examine how the rapid changes in the distribution environment following COVID-19—referred to as the New Normal—affect beauty advisors’ perceptions of organizational support, organizational commitment, career commitment, and e...

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https://www.riss.kr/link?id=T17265329
서울 : 동국대학교 일반대학원, 2025
학위논문(박사) -- 동국대학교 일반대학원 , 뷰티아트케어학과 , 2025. 8
2025
한국어
서울
198 p. ; 26 cm
지도교수: 전한성
I804:11020-000000091559
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다운로드다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)
This study aimed to examine how the rapid changes in the distribution environment following COVID-19—referred to as the New Normal—affect beauty advisors’ perceptions of organizational support, organizational commitment, career commitment, and e...
This study aimed to examine how the rapid changes in the distribution environment following COVID-19—referred to as the New Normal—affect beauty advisors’ perceptions of organizational support, organizational commitment, career commitment, and employability. While previous studies have largely focused on shifts in consumer behavior and retail trends, this research takes an empirical approach to exploring the psychological and organizational impacts on front-line retail employees.
Specifically, the study investigated the influence of perceived changes in the sales environment on key psychological and occupational variables and analyzed the mediating role of cognitive flexibility in these relationships. Emphasis was placed on the structural examination of the two subdimensions of cognitive flexibility—alternative perception and control perception—to explore how each contributes to beauty advisors' adaptive strategies and psychological resources.
The study collected data through an online survey of 600 beauty advisors from 50 major department store locations across Korea between June and July 2023, with 555 valid responses included in the final analysis. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 25.0, employing frequency analysis, reliability and validity testing, correlation analysis, multiple regression, structural equation modeling, and mediation analysis based on Baron and Kenny’s three-step procedure and the Sobel test.
The main findings are as follows:
First, perceived changes in the sales environment had significant negative effects on all four dependent variables—organizational support, organizational commitment, career commitment, and perceived employability. This suggests that the evolving retail landscape may impose psychological burdens and job insecurity for beauty advisors, highlighting the need for effective support strategies at both organizational and individual levels.
Second, cognitive flexibility showed significant partial mediating effects in these relationships, indicating that psychological flexibility functions as a critical internal resource in managing change.
Third, although the subdimension alternative perception did not significantly mediate employability, the overall construct of cognitive flexibility still demonstrated meaningful mediating effects. This implies that while subcomponents may vary in impact, the higher-order construct retains explanatory power due to the relative contribution of each subfactor.
This study offers both theoretical and practical implications. Theoretically, it extends prior research by linking frontline employees' occupational responses to cognitive flexibility and by validating a multidimensional mediation model. Practically, it suggests that retail organizations must develop human resource strategies that strengthen employees’ psychological adaptability in response to rapidly changing sales environments, ultimately supporting workforce stability and sustainable career development.
However, as the study was limited to a sample from department store channels, future research should explore a broader range of retail formats and incorporate qualitative approaches to provide a more comprehensive understanding of frontline worker adaptation in the New Normal era.
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