Context collapse blurs the boundaries between public, private, and professional selves and has emerged as an important research focus in relation to vocational identity. However, the conditions under which context collapse occur have been empirically neglected in the literature. Utilizing Davis and Jurgenson’s theoretical framework of context collapse (i.e., context collusion and context collision) and Erving Goffman’s theory of face-work, this study seeks to determine the consequential outcomes associated with the different context collapse conditions in two phases (Quasi-experimental in Phase 1 and open-ended questions in Phase 2). Specifically, a quasi-experimental study with scenarios was used to examine whether intentionality within context collusion and context collision influenced participants’ perception of loss of face and affect. First-year tertiary students (N = 151) who were also working were randomly selected from a capital state university student population and asked to respond to hypothetical online context collapse scenarios. Multivariate analysis of variance was conducted and the results indicated that context collapse has significant impact on participants’ loss of face and affect (emotion). In addition, a follow-up analysis of variance reveals partial support for the significant impact of context collapse on loss of face and affect.

语境崩溃模糊了公共、私人和职业自我之间的界限，并已成为与职业身份相关的重要研究焦点。然而，在文献中经验性地忽略了上下文崩溃发生的条件。本研究利用 Davis 和 Jurgenson 的语境崩溃理论框架（即语境共谋和语境冲突）和 Erving Goffman 的面子工作理论，试图确定与不同语境崩溃条件相关的两个阶段（准实验性阶段 1 和阶段 2 中的开放式问题）。具体来说，一项带有情景的准实验研究被用来检查上下文共谋和上下文冲突中的意向性是否影响参与者对失去面子和情感的感知。N = 151) 也在工作的人是从首都州立大学的学生群体中随机选择的，并被要求对假设的在线情境崩溃场景做出回应。进行了多变量方差分析，结果表明上下文崩溃对参与者的面子和情感（情绪）损失有显着影响。此外，对方差的后续分析显示，部分支持上下文崩溃对面子和情感丧失的显着影响。