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This study surveyed hotel employees who served for five-star hotels located in Seoul and Busan. The convenience sampling was used for the sampling method, and the questionnaire survey was conducted for about two months from June 2019 to July 2016. 279 questionnaire copies were used for data analysis. As a result of testing the hypothesis, first, it was found that the hotel employees’ social face sensitivity had significant negative (-) effects on their job engagement, and thus it can be seen that the higher the social face sensitivity, the lower the job engagement. Second, it was found that the hotel employees’ job engagement had significant positive (+) effects on their organizational citizenship behavior. Lastly, it was found that the influence of the hotel employees’ social face sensitivity on their job engagement varied according to the extents of career growth opportunity, showing the moderating effect of career growth opportunity. This study carries significant theoretical implications in that it identified for the first time the moderating effect of career growth opportunity on the relationship between hotel employees’ social face sensitivity and job engagement. Based on the results of this study, the hotel company will have to build a human resources system that implements fair promotion, opportunities for internal training, and the strengthening of job competences, in order to satisfy its members’ expectations that their career will grow through their jobs.