Developing and Validating Short Form Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes Scales. (February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Porter, Caitlin; Woo, Sang Eun; Tak, Jinkook
• Is Part Of: Journal of career assessment. Volume 24:Number 1(2016:Feb.)
• Page Start: 162
• Page End: 181
• Publication Date: 2016-02
• Subjects: protean career attitudes -- boundaryless career attitudes -- scale refinement -- measurement equivalence -- personality -- organizational commitment -- career satisfaction; Vocational guidance -- Periodicals; 331.702
• DOI: 10.1177/1069072714565775
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1069-0727

Abstract

The Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes scales developed by Briscoe and colleagues have facilitated research on career attitudes and mindsets, but they are unnecessarily lengthy and somewhat redundant in their content. To address these concerns, this article presents three studies that develop and validate short forms of the Protean and Boundaryless Career Attitudes scales (i.e., PCA-SF and BCA-SF). Study findings suggest that the PCA-SF and BCA-SF provide a more efficient assessment of the protean and boundaryless career attitudes constructs than the full-length measures and exhibit partial measurement equivalence across U.S. and Korean populations.