The moderating influence of social support on career anxiety and career commitment: an empirical investigation from India

The study examines the linkages between anxiety, social support, and commitment of the students towards the tourism and hospitality career inter alia the moderating influence of social support between career anxiety and career commitment. The data was collected from 472 tourism and hospitality students and the findings depicted that a few of the elements of career anxiety (irrational beliefs about employment and employment environment) have a significant negative association with students' commitment. The moderating influence of social support revealed the negative relationship between anxiety and commitment was only considerable among students with low or no social support.

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The study explores the relationships between anxiety, social support, and commitment in tourism and hospitality students, finding that some aspects of career anxiety have a negative impact on commitment. The moderating effect of social support shows that this negative relationship is significant mainly among students with low or no social support.