Pressure from social media: influence of social media usage on career exploration

IF 3.4 3区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

Career Development International Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI:10.1108/cdi-01-2023-0016

Maoyu Zhang, Shiyu Zhou, Yan Wu, Shengming Liu

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PurposeDespite the dramatic increase in people's use of social media, relatively few studies have examined its effect on careers. Drawing upon social comparison theory and self-regulation theory, this study aims to investigate how career-oriented social media usage interacts with social comparison orientation (SCO) to influence the career exploration of university students.Design/methodology/approachThree waves of survey data are collected from 482 university students in China. Hypotheses are tested through ordinary least squares analysis.FindingsResults show that career-oriented social media usage increases career anxiety, which in turn promotes career exploration. Furthermore, SCO strengthens such influence of career-oriented social media usage.Originality/valueGiven the limited attention paid to the effects of social media in career contexts, this study distinguishes career-oriented social media usage and proposes insights into its effect on career exploration. In doing so, this study extends social media literature and provides implications for the transition of university students from school to work in the digital era.

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来自社交媒体的压力：使用社交媒体对职业探索的影响

尽管人们对社交媒体的使用急剧增加，但相对较少的研究调查了它对职业的影响。本研究旨在运用社会比较理论和自我调节理论，探讨以职业为导向的社交媒体使用与社会比较取向(SCO)相互作用对大学生职业探索的影响。设计/方法/方法从482名中国大学生中收集了三波调查数据。通过普通最小二乘分析对假设进行检验。研究结果表明，以职业为导向的社交媒体使用增加了职业焦虑，进而促进了职业探索。此外，上海合作组织强化了以职业为导向的社交媒体使用的这种影响。独创性/价值鉴于对社交媒体在职业背景下的影响的关注有限，本研究区分了职业导向的社交媒体使用，并提出了其对职业探索的影响的见解。在此过程中，本研究扩展了社交媒体文献，并为数字时代大学生从学校到工作的过渡提供了启示。

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Career Development International Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Careers and Development are inter-related fields of study with connections to many academic disciplines, organizational practices and policy developments in the emerging knowledge economies and learning societies of the modern world. Career Development International provides a platform for research in these areas that deals with questions of theories and theory development, as well as with organizational career strategy, policy and practice. Issues of theory and of practice may be dealt with at individual, organizational and society levels. The international character of submissions may have two aspects. Submissions may be international in their scope, dealing with a topic that is of concern to researchers throughout the world rather than of sole interest to a national audience. Alternatively, submissions may be international in content, relating, for example, to comparative analyses of careers and development across national boundaries, or dealing with inherently ''international'' issues such as expatriation. Coverage: -Individual careers - psychological and developmental perspectives -Career interventions (systems and tools, mentoring, etc) -Government policy and practices -HR planning and recruitment -International themes and issues (MNCs, expatriation, etc) -Organizational strategies and systems -Performance management -Work and occupational contexts