2024 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 31-42
The aim of this study was to investigate how the results of work reflection impacted career continuity， namely “career perspective” and “affective occupational commitment.” An online survey was conducted with 436 female salespeople. First， five factors were extracted as results of work reflection， which included “reconsidering one’s job,” “heightened feelings of crisis,” “acquiring a new career outlook,” “inspiration from peers,” and “rediscovering meaning (in one’s work).” Next， a hierarchical multiple regression was performed to examine how the results of work reflection and the interactions of different results impacted “career perspective” and “affective occupational commitment.” The results demonstrated that “heightened feelings of crisis” had a negative impact. Although the main effect of “inspiration from peers” was not significant， it impacted “career perspective” and “affective occupational commitment” when used as an interaction item. The interactions of different results of work reflection were found to have distinct effects depending on the differences in result categories and the combination of results.
