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Validation of an Adapted French Form of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale in Four Francophone Countries
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Johnston, Claire S.; Broonen, Jean-Paul; Stauffer, Sarah D.; Hamtiaux, Armanda; Pouyaud, Jacques; Zecca, Gregory; Houssemand, Claude; Rossier, Jerome – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
This study presents the validation of a French version of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale in four Francophone countries. The aim was to re-analyze the item selection and then compare this newly developed French-language form with the international form 2.0. Exploratory factor analysis was used as a tool for item selection, and confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Vocational Adjustment, Test Construction, French
Career Adapt-Abilities Scale--China Form: Construction and Initial Validation
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Hou, Zhi-Jin; Leung, S. Alvin; Li, Xixi; Li, Xu; Xu, Hui – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS)--China Form consists of four subscales, with six items each to measure Concern, Control, Curiosity, and Confidence as psychosocial resources for managing occupational transitions, developmental tasks, and work traumas. This study investigated the construction and validation of its Chinese Form. Results…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Adjustment, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
Retirement Resources Inventory: Construction, Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties
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Leung, Cindy S. Y.; Earl, Joanne K. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
The scientific investigation of the relationship between resources and retirement well-being is impeded by the lack of proper measurement of resources. This study reports on the development of an inventory that assesses resources relevant to retirement well-being. The 35-item Retirement Resources Inventory (RRI) is a self-report measure consisting…
Descriptors: Retirement, Resources, Well Being, Measures (Individuals)
The Dimensionality of the Maslach Burnout Inventory across Small Business Owners and Educators.
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Boles, James S.; Dean, Dwane H.; Ricks, Joe M.; Short, Jeremy C.; Wang, Guangping – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2000
One-factor, three-factor, and higher-order factor structures of the Maslach Burnout Inventory were tested with 183 elementary-secondary teachers and administrators and 162 small business owners. Analyses suggested the three-factor structure was most plausible. Addition of business owners extended the generalizability of the inventory. (SK)
Descriptors: Administrators, Burnout, Factor Structure, Small Businesses
Factor Structure of the Vocational Interest Models of Roe and Holland
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Lunneborg, Clifford E.; Lunneborg, Patricia W. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
Analyses of interscale relations in 235 college students for the Vocational Preference Inventory and Vocational Interest Inventory, based on interest models of Holland and Roe, respectively, suggest that the two-dimensional, circular configuration of occupational or personality types may be an oversimplification which impedes the understanding of…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Factor Structure, Individual Characteristics
The Factor Structure of the Vocational Preference Inventory for Black and White College Students
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Yom, B. Lee; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
In the present study, the Vocational Preference Inventory scores for a group of black students and white students were factor analyzed and the black structure was rotated to correspond to the white structure. The correspondence between the variables for black and white students was found to be very similar. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Cultural Influences, Factor Analysis