A study on Career Barries and Coping Strategies among Chinese Music-related Department Graduates

• Main Authors: Chou, Shu-Fan, 周書帆
• Other Authors: Wu, Ya-Ling
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04427877726176484573

碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 技職教育研究所 === 103 === This study aimed to explore the career barrier and coping strategies among Chinese music-related department graduates with the qualitative research method. Three Chinese music-related department graduates were invited as the informants, and data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by the thematic analysis method. The results of the study are as follows: 1. Chinese music-related department graduates touched music by chance and remained their enthusiasm for Chinese music between ideal and reality. 2. The common career barriers that Chinese music-related department graduates faced were: 1.in occupation, "loving Chinese music but not finding the labor market", "facing with the dilemma of unstable employment income", facing with the reality of competition among Chinese music labor market", "huge pressure behind training students to participate in music competitions" and "dealing with complex interpersonal problems"; in academic works, "lacking of academic capability and it was difficult to balance learning and working"; in family, “it was difficult to balance with family life due to the irregular working time and complicated preparatory operation for performance." 3. Environmental factor accounted for a majority of career barriers that Chinese music-related department graduates faced, followed by psychological, personal and social factors. 4. Most of Chinese music-related department graduates adopted cognitive coping strategies while facing career barrier caused by personal, environmental, psychological, and social factors, followed by problem-oriented response and the emotional orientation coping strategies.