미용인의 NCS화장품 능력단위인지와 현장활용성 및 화장품학 교과만족도 관계 연구

Abstract

Objectives The purspose of this study is to analyze the effect of cosmetics National Competency Standards recognition on cosmetics subject necessity and subject satisfaction through field usability.
 Methods A survey was conducted on 304 cosmetologists who had experience in cosmetic course. To verify the research hypothesis, the structural equation model was establised and analyzed using AMOS, and bootstrapping was used to verify the mediation effect. The significance of the mediation effect was verified again through the Sobel Test.
 Results Recognition of cosmetics NCS had a positive (+) effect on field usability. Field usability had a positive (+) significant effect on the cosmetics subject necessity and had a positive (+) effect on cosmetics subject satisfaction. It was confirmed that the recognition of cosmetics NCS did not have a direct effect on the cosmetics subject necessity, and only the indirect path was significant, confirming that field usability had a complete mediation effect. In the relationship between whether it is an cosmetics NCS recognition, field usability, and cosmetics sbject satisfaction, the indirect path generates a standardized path coefficient that greatly exceeds 1.0, and the direct path was an inconsistent mediation effect with opposite sign values, confirming that the direct path had a spurious effect. This means that in the relationship between cosmetics NCS recognition and cosmetics subject satisfaction, field usability has a complete mediation effect.
 Conclusions Cosmetics NCS recognition does not have a direct effect on the necessity of cosmetics subject and satisfaction of cosmetics subject, but field usability plays a complete mediation role and has an effect. This can be said to be a result that corresponds to the characteristics of the practical-oriented beauty occupation. The cosmetics NCS should be reorganized according to the beauty occupations so that cosmetics can be used more safely and appropriately in the field of beauty work by major that utilizes cosmetics.