The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of self-esteem on department adaptation and career barrier of male students in dance major. For the purpose of this study, 195 male university students in dance major were selected. Survey que...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of self-esteem on department adaptation and career barrier of male students in dance major. For the purpose of this study, 195 male university students in dance major were selected. Survey questionnaires was used as research tool. With the collected data, correlation analysis, frequency analysis and one-way ANOVA were performed. The results of analysis were summarized as follows. First, self-esteem according to individual character showed a meaningful difference in social self-esteem; self-esteem according to grade in family self-esteem and school self-esteem; self-esteem according to dance period in school self-esteem. Second, department adaptation according to individual character showed a meaningful difference in learning adaptation; department adaptation according to grade in life adaptation. But department adaptation according to dance period didn`t show a meaningful difference in any lower factors. Third, career barrier according to individual character showed a meaningful difference in lack of self-clearness, indecision and external barrier; career barrier according to according to individual character in only external barrier. Fourth, an analysis of the influence of self-esteem on department adaptation showed that family self-esteem and socail self-esteem had a meaningful influence(+) on leader adaptation; social self-esteem on learning adaptation; total self-esteem and family self-esteem on life adaptation and colleague adaptation; total self-esteem and family self-esteem, however, had a meaningful influence(-) on learning adaptation; An analysis of the influence of department adaptation on career barrier showed that leader adaptation had a meaningful influence(-) on indecision, external barrier and lack of necessity recognition; learning adaptation, life adaptation and colleague adaptation had a meaningful influence(+) on career barrier.