Asian J Beauty Cosmetol. 2012; 10(3): 673-683.
The Study on Empowerment According to the Nature of the Occupation of Middle Management in the Beauty Industry
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to increase the empowerment for middle managers in the beauty business; the
differences of empowerment according to the nature of middle management have been discovered and
analyzed the sub-factors in this study have been identified as influences, relevant means, and the ability to
play his or her role. The nature of the job requires career, leaving one’s job, average working days per week,
average hours on the job, the frequency of attending and studying at other institutions, and participating in extra
curricular activities; and the following vocational characteristics heavily influence empowerment. For this study,
514 beauticians have filled out a survey which was then analyzed: frequency analysis, factor analysis, reliability
analysis, unitary analysis of variance by applying the SPSS 16.0. Duncon’s post-inspection was put to work
to find the differences between groups. First, the characteristics of the job such as career, leaving one’s job,
average working days per week, average hours on the job, the frequency of attending and studying at other
institutions, and participating in extra curricular activities gives significant influences the sub-factors which are
influences, relevant means, and the ability to play his or her role. Secondly, by examining the nature of the job
which are career, leaving one’s job, average working days per week, average hours on the job, the frequency
of attending and studying at other institution and participating in extra curricular activities in average, when one
has worked more than 11 years, the frequency of leaving job is 1 to 4 times, and the reason people leave is
because they have not received the necessary education in order to do the job. The average of working days
per week is 5 days, the average working hours a day are 9 to 10 hours, and the working hours a day that the
people want to work are 9 hours. When the frequency of attending and studying at other institutions exceeds
16 times, most cases people either go to schools that gives college credit or diploma and offer a higher level
education or attend private institutions for their education. Hence, based on the results, organizational structure
and organizational management in beauty business give insightful empirical data.
Keywords :
Beauty, Beauty industry, Empowerment, Midde management, Manager
